[She's right, really, and Steve knows this. Civilians desire comfort, and plenty of them have looked at him as an inconvenience or a potential problem when he came limping into the city looking like that. To them he might as well be part of the dangers they face.

But they'll learn, he thinks. He wants to believe that they'll eventually accept him if he just proves he's on their side. Shalimar's concern is at least more than he's been getting. Steve smiles tiredly, almost guiltily as she points out how he looks.]

I'll be all right. I misjudged a route outside and caught the bad side of a rock. Turned out the rock wasn't too happy to have company. I guess I woke him up.