What was that noise? Steve tilts his head and does something with his eyebrows that isn't exactly raising them but manages to be a mildly concerned question. Reaches back out to test the theory and squeezes Zerxus' hand. He keeps it this time.

Well, not entirely to test a theory. That would be cold and calculated; it is natural behavior for Steve. He's also still just trying to be reassuring.

"I know. I'm not real wired to surrender, anyway, but I need to get my head around the fact that I can and will sacrifice a few million people to save a few billion. Otherwise, I'm going to end up on the wrong side of that line." He is quiet and heartbroken in a way that shows, but he is somehow still steady.

Now. "I'm probably going to need clothes and practicals at some point or I'm going to end up naked and sleeping on your floor."

You've got to move forward. Even in someone else's hell.