"...well it could be worse." Barnes could be here. Rogers could be here. Maximoff could be here. Any number of people that hold him accountable (rightly so or not) for any number of things could be slinking about waiting to ruin his day. Instead he gets...

The least offensive Avenger, his crazy-clever younger brother, their sidechick, and a green skinned alien. All in all it could be a lot worse. It's probably damning that he's more comfortable here and now sitting with Loki across from him that he would be sharing the same air as Rogers or most of the others right now. "SO now that you're less brainwashed and crazy-"

He can't see it as anything but that, no one just walks around looking that wrecked without having something hanging over their head. "How are you settling in to civilian life?"