[Tony found talking to this Steve was easier. There was none of the abrasiveness he associated with the man he knew back home and wasn't as overbearing as the other man here. He's still waiting for the other shoe to drop, but for now it's nice.]
He's had nearly a decade, I don't know how much more time he needs. [Steve had been more receptive at first, but drew away after they started losing people while Tony tried to bring them closer to compensate. They dealt with things too differently.]
Too much?
[He places the bottle back down and regards the man in front of him. He guesses this Steve hasn't had as much time as the others, isn't as entrenched in his ways to compensate missing over half a century of progress. But this also means there's a rawness to him that makes Tony smooth over the sharper edges of his personality.]
I'd say it gets better, but I don't know if it's true.
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He's had nearly a decade, I don't know how much more time he needs. [Steve had been more receptive at first, but drew away after they started losing people while Tony tried to bring them closer to compensate. They dealt with things too differently.]
Too much?
[He places the bottle back down and regards the man in front of him. He guesses this Steve hasn't had as much time as the others, isn't as entrenched in his ways to compensate missing over half a century of progress. But this also means there's a rawness to him that makes Tony smooth over the sharper edges of his personality.]
I'd say it gets better, but I don't know if it's true.