[ Uh-huh. Sam'll believe it when he sees it. Really all this is telling him is that he needs to bug Steve more, which, well. Spending time with him ain't exactly a hardship.

His smile brightens a little at Steve's question. ]

Yeah, exactly like that. I think we gotta have a decent enough connection to start - or that's the only time it's kind of worked, anyway, but it blocked the Nest out pretty good. You up for it?

[ It's not a problem for Sam, honestly, not with how much he trusts Steve and how much he and Steve have worked together to ground Bucky mentally, but he's not gonna go and let his end of the connection open without checking. ]