“Hard to say. Tracking time wasn’t really something I was capable of, and they were giving it to me in doses, not all at once like they did to Steve. More than days, less than years. Probably closer to months than weeks.”

They’d also been in the process of breaking him, using the destabilization of his body as one more method of keeping him confused and off balance. Other methods had included not letting him sleep until he literally passed out, not feeding him, pumping him full of mind-altering drugs, and many other factors that made it difficult to know when one day passed into the next.

Again, he shook the memories off, focusing on better things. “Steve said he was able to run and fight right after the serum, but it took him a couple months to really get the hang of it. Bigger change for him than me – he was a scrawny little punk, five foot four and a hundred pounds soaking wet, but after the change he’s bigger than I am now.”