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[Zari likes to think that the Legends prepared her for anything. Get caught in a time loop? Check. Search for vampires in Victorian, England? Check. Turning into a fuzzy blue emblem of love in order to save the world? Check, check, check. Turns out, none of those preparations included getting dropped into the deep dark of an ocean with no totem, no means of communication, and very few familiar faces.

It's disconcerting. They have enough air to breathe, and for some reason the air is lasting, but that doesn't make it right. And as unsettled as Zari is, it's nothing compared to the tension that's coming off Steve as he stands at the mouth to the cave, eyeing the ice floes as though he's worried they're going to come for them, and while part of her rationalizes it as just ice, she knows nothing is that straight forward.

This seems deeper than that.

She's been trying to get the watches working again, but even knows when to take a break and come back to it later. Instead, she gets to her feet and makes her way closer, nudging his arm gently.]

Hey.

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[Zari's take isn't inaccurate. He is looking at that ice like it's going to come for him. Steve isn't crazy. It's definitely expanding, but not to the point of being an active threat to him or anyone else. It just brings it all back not helped by being cut off from Tony and Bucky.

Steve thinks about the early days after being found by SHIELD. He remembers exclamations while being paralyzed on the table. How could he be alive? He remembers knowing in his heart he'd never see his loved ones again.

Zari breaks him out of the spell he put himself under with a touch. Steve tries for a smile as he turns to face her.] Hey.

[He shakes his head as if to clear all the smoke out.] Sorry. I got distracted. Did you say something?

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[She shakes her head with a small in return, before sliding her hands in her pockets.]

Just wondering where you went.

[Not that he physically went anywhere, but mentally she knows he was somewhere else. She won't push him to talk about it if he doesn't want to, but she's there if he does.]