[ it'll do her no good to lie -- ] He looked about to, once. But he wasn't right in his mind at the time. A sort of tricky darkness had taken over him -- he hallucinates, I think. He hasn't used that particular word but...he says he sees ghosts.

[ these are secret things. private things. things, perhaps, she wouldn't tell anyone else who wasn't already in max's good graces. but she has a weakness for captain america, and spills these details under the understanding that steve should be her ally in his case. ]

Steve, even if he tried -- I wouldn't hold it against him. And nor should you. He's been a good member of this crew. And as much as he won't admit it, he needs our help. I only wanted to prime you so you when you met him, you'd know...

[ ... ] I've nudged him to make polite with Barnes. [ she won't call him winter, not with steve. it seems to cruel. ] They remind me of each other, in their current states.