Aunt Peggy's posture doesn't change, but surprise and then shock flash into her steady brown eyes, followed by something complicated and sore. The same surprise breaks across Steve's face like dawn, but his is followed by visible concern. He looks from Bucky to her and back again, unable to keep his eyes off his best friend. "Howard thinks he's cracked it?"

"Not exactly," Sharon says, carefully. For her part, she's watching Aunt Peggy with something akin to longing. They still have each other, back home, but with Aunt Peggy as sick as she is, it's not the same. "I get the impression it's kind of a Hail Mary before the camp vacates this location and the field is lost to us."