It better not be a joke: Kira wants nothing more in the moment than for every string on Bucky's wrist to be a wry reminder of that time they almost died on a shitty island. Meanwhile, his half-chunky-garbage bracelet stands as a reminder that they did not die, and no hard feelings.

Sometimes a place just has snakes.

Sometimes the guy who gets bit was a KGB assassin, or what the fuck ever.

Shit happens. "When I met Major he mentioned a shirt made of condoms, so, seems--normal, but from the tone I take it this was more z-word normal." Having spilled the entire fucking story days one through whichever day the fountain spat him back up, Kira knows more about Major as a zombie than Major as an ex. Lifting his brows, he half-explains: "Ravi has a big mouth, and I live with Mark."