"Pretty sure believing unbelievable things comes with the territory of the job. Otherwise I’d just be sitting around and wondering how I managed to survive decades as an ice cube. If I want to be able to do anything I need to accept the possibility."
There had been plenty of times where Stephanie had to stop and reevaluate what her life was. So it meant that generally when someone told her that she wouldn’t believe what happened Stephanie could laugh and show them how little she couldn’t believe.
"I guess I understand ‘old’ selves versus ‘new’ selves, though. Cap is a new me in a sense. Just didn’t let go of my old self completely."
{ Silence chuckled at her words and a new warmth filled her chest. Since when had she actually laughed? } "You were frozen too? Were you a Hydra experiment like me?" { It was stupid; stupid to say such things out loud; but Silence couldn't contain her excitement and relief that there might be an actual possibility that there was somebody like her out there; that she wasn't alone in the world. Selfishness replaced all senses. Now all she wanted was her to say yes, for the woman to nod and begin to describe how horrible it was down there in the Hydra labs, but then Silence felt shame. How dare she wish upon something like that, on a perfectly good natured woman }
