"He must have cared about you a lot. Seems like he came looking for you when you were in trouble." He nods toward Soldat's hand, then, indicating the opals.

In a particularly dangerous circumstance, actually - trouble is understating it. But he still hasn't sealed their surroundings down, and openly talking about torture feels like a poor idea in those circumstances. The confusion in that memory, of this Steve who ought to be small and sickly but who isn't, he chalks up to trauma. Nobody's head is on right when they're in enemy hands.