A wave of deep sadness washed over Peggy when she heard his response. Frozen. Physically and in time.
"Oh Steve..." She shook her head. "That must have been awful. Even if you barely remember it."
She could only imagine how disorienting it was when he was revived. In the future, into an entirely unfamiliar world from the one he knew. Not so dissimilar, perhaps, from her experience waking up here.
"I'm so sorry you had to go through that," she said softly, with sympathetic eyes. "And go through it alone. That must have been very difficult for you."