[ Bucky laughs and it's a little hollow. ]

You know, last time I met someone who knew another me, I didn't really enjoy hearing about him. Maybe I should spare you.

[ Understatement. The Bucky those kids had told him about had clearly been a better man than he is, braver and more honest in ways Bucky just can't muster. It had weighed heavily on him for a while there. ]