Steve was taken so far aback that he ended up taking the Soldier’s mental advice about staying silent. People tended to know who he was, not because Steve was an egoist, but because the nature of his very existence tended to put him on almost everyone’s radar.

He wasn’t sure what the right answer here would be. Captain America in the hands of a Russian operative was too good of a bounty. Captain Rogers of the United States Army was also a pretty good prize.

If the Russian didn’t know him by sight, considering he was naked and devoid of his shield and any other incriminating marks, he might as go with the basics.

“I’m just a soldier from Brooklyn,” he responded. “Now I answered you, son. You should do me the same.”