[It's gotten harder for Steve to imagine a world without superheroes. Sure, once upon a time he himself was someone that treated superheroes as more of a fantasy ideal than a practical reality, but he's been living with them for so long now that he has trouble picturing another world. What would people have instead?]

That's how things are where I'm from. Superheroes are pretty active, and I guess costumes are part of the tradition, yes.

To be honest, I'm not that familiar with a lot of advanced technology. It has its uses, but I leave most of it to the engineers. Still, we need it to keep things going.

[He can't help slightly pursing his lips when Alec points out his concerns. He's trying not to point fingers or be too obvious, but the man isn't wrong.]

I just... want to be careful.