They consider that, chewing their last bite more slowly, as if that will make it last longer in their stomach. They've never had a need to make others feel smaller-- the opposite, rather. Before HYDRA, the kid they used to be tried to make Steve feel bigger, they know that clearly. After HYDRA, everything had been focused on appeasing handlers and protecting the self, which often meant making themselves seem smaller.

Now, they just want to make their friends happy and safe. They don't even think much about how big they feel-- the rare cases it comes up in their brain, it's with guilt and anxiety, and is then swiftly avoided. They're not remotely aware if they like themselves, but that hasn't seemed particularly important. Weapons don't need to like themselves.

"Has he always hated himself?" they ask with a little frown, once they've finished their last swallow. "What made him that way?"