There's a second there, when it's clear that Zerxus is going to put at least the bulk of his gear away that Steve is not just pleased, but comes close to a dry 'good boy'. He twitches one corner of his mouth up in a faint smile, instead.

What's under that armor's more intimidating for Steve in some ways. It makes both how human and how not Zerxus is more obvious, makes Steve notice that he's attractive, and... well, mostly, it's depression era kid looking at a really flashy display of wealth. It definitely leaves him staring for a few seconds.

Fit just fine in hell, but Jesus (pun intended).

He sees the slight release in tension at noting the shield and figures that's... actually a good sign. Means at least some of the shit here is defensible against - maybe. Mostly he waits until Zerxus is done, and then follows wherever they're going.

"It isn't hard to figure out hell's got a lot of enemies or that those enemies are gonna be powerful. I'm gonna assume if they're involved something went off the rails in a big way, or I fell into a side-effect. Anything else on that one's a hell," (pun not intended), "of a stretch; I'm not even close to that special." Why - or how - would he even be known?