Fortunately for Tony's deceptions, Steve had so little idea of what an arc reactor really was and how it worked, that for all he knew it could have been causing the smell of blood and gunpowder. Though that didn't explain why Stark had been so reticent about sharing that information, unless he was simply being contrary for the sake of it.

He sighed and shrugged his shoulders, though there was a stubborn set to his jaw that said he might stop talking about it for now but he wouldn't forget.

"Fine. So how long do you think they plan to keep us here? Because if it's longer than another day, we should just move ourselves, it's not safe to stay in one place too long."