[There's some glad-handing to do. Brief words to exchange, requests for an explanation that he sidesteps with an ease he didn't know he had. It's always startling to remember how good he is at this. At people. It helps that he cares. He's never been able to not care, and the faces that surround him now are the same as the ones he saw in London, in France, the Balkans, looking for hope, looking for something that says they're going to come out of this with something left to live for. For the first time since being dragged from the ice, he feels like he might have something himself.
It takes about a half hour to get clear and find Barton, and Steve throws himself into helping, lit with the energy of a clear goal. He picks up one of the Chitauri weapons, pausing to turn it over in his hands.] I owe Fury another ten bucks.
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It takes about a half hour to get clear and find Barton, and Steve throws himself into helping, lit with the energy of a clear goal. He picks up one of the Chitauri weapons, pausing to turn it over in his hands.] I owe Fury another ten bucks.