[The question was part distraction and part curiosity - and she's glad when it works and he starts talking. She listens silently, footsteps matching his as they keep moving. The dark is claustrophobic, cloying, but she's been in worse places. There's some light. She isn't caged. It will pass.]

Mm, I don't know much of your country's history. I was never taught this. [There's a momentary pause but of course Bucky already knows her history, the cold hard facts of it.] But, I know what it is to be hungry. To lack food.

[There's a wry twist in her voice as she adds (because come on, have you seen Steve?):] He grew up well - big and strong, yes?