Steve could never know just how much Tony had sacrificed to get to this point. Not even just in material possessions and future wealth when he had to detonate it all, but in bucking the propaganda and brainwashing of his youth to get to a point where he had been willing to risk it all for the sake of helping out the resistance here and there.

Nor could he know how hard it must be for someone raised in that world to fully give it up. He had always known HYDRA as evil. But to someone raised under it, even if they had tried so hard to learn new ways, it had to hurt to betray their nation.

He moved to untie the packages and get things sorted out, setting up the tent and bed rolls, and then building a small campfire to cook some of the rations that had been sent to them. It wasn't until the stars were out above them that he spoke again, voice soft.

"I'm sorry for what happened to your folks, I really am. Howard and I might not have always seen eye to eye, but he was a good man."