"Could be," Steve says, like that could ever actually really happen. "But I learned CPR as part of my SHIELD training when I woke up, so we're all good, there."

But yeah, even his expression sobers when Bucky goes on. Supersoldiers. It's always supersoldiers, the serum, people wanting to be better than humanity, like being human isn't an amazing thing in and of itself. Like being humane isn't the goal.

It isn't, for everybody, and he knows it well by now.

"Right," he breathes, and there's a part of him that misses Natasha so acutely in that moment that it feels like his heart is being squeezed in a vice, tighter and tighter, before he swallows, forces himself to go on. "So... are we taking a wait and see approach, or do you think we should go on the offensive?"

Steve is much more of an offensive kind of guy, but fighting this kind of battle, going after information that could be lurking anywhere, is absolutely not his forte. Even if they wait, though, he imagines there's still plenty to do in the meantime. "I understand if that isn't the most pressing problem," he adds, for good measure.