He can respect that level of stubbornness, but that doesn't mean he's not glad he doesn't have to drag Zerxus bodily around after he's passed out - or wait until Zerxus has in order to do anything.

Not that he knows what he's going to do here.

"Yeah, doesn't sound like a thing that should even be possible." Maybe? But if he'd sold his soul, and was already in hell... Some kind of punishment, also maybe, and if that's the case... it's Steve's fault.

Steve doesn't know.

He does know that he's tearing that thing open so he can see what he's working with and then just - "We better both be hoping you can't die and stay dead." This is bad. He's not being flippant, even with that remark. He's being grim, and also pulling his borrowed shirt off to try to do... anything here. Mop up, get a decent look and just pressure.

He still knows this is bad.