I signed up for it. Our country - there's a lot of stuff it does really right, and a lot of stuff it does really wrong. Sometimes the people in charge and I disagree on what falls into what category.

[ It's soft but matter-of-fact, and his expression is more pensive than anything else as well. There's a part of him that's angry about the way the Accords went down, about the kind of people they gave authority over it, about the Raft's existence and the way its prisoners were treated, about a hundred or so other things. But he wouldn't have served in the Air Force, worked at the VA, or become the Falcon if he didn't believe in fighting for change, for what was right.

It's a complicated jumble of emotions, really, and he does his best to keep it from trickling through as he takes another drink from the bottle.

Barnes is easier, even if he definitely causes complicated emotions in a different way, enough that Sam gives a little chuckle. ]

I first ran into him over two years ago, been looking for him on and off since, but nah, I haven't known him that long. But he's a soldier, and so am I. I worked at the VA for a few years - the Department of Veterans Affairs, I think it was still the Veterans Administration in your day. I did peer support, ran some support groups.