Yeah. [That's the most damn loaded yeah you'll have ever heard in your life, Sam, containing everything ranging from yeah he was here and I'm so glad I got to see him again to but I also learned about a lot of shit and he was guilty and depressed and tried to pretend everything was fine and also apparently he now jumps from airplanes without parachutes to I almost hope he hadn't met me again so he'd have some chance of getting over all that happened.
He says none of that out loud, though, instead flashing a grateful smile at Sam, one that says plainly just how much it means to him you're treating him like a person, like a real, can-fuck-up-just-like-the-rest-of-us person instead of some sort of ideal or a poster boy for justice and freedom... and then he grimaces.]
Depends on what you define as alright. I ain't gonna lie... I've seen 'im doin' better. Course, he was tryin' to pretend everythin' was fine, but I guess he'd forgotten I can see right through his bullshit. [Like the fact Steve was totally hiding something from him.]
... I guess I'm glad he won't remember a thing, back home. [A part of him thinks this is outright weird, that he's talking about Steve like this to a near-stranger, but the thing is -- he's never had anyone to talk to about him, like this, not anyone who'd have seemed to get Steve like he does. Hell if he's passing up the opportunity, now.]