"But why? You can accomplish so much more when you have help . . ." He held up a hand, "No, nevermind. It's not my place. I don't know what it was like for you. I won't pry. I'm sorry."

He'd just quietly go mad from curiosity. Steve wondered so many things, least of all why Peter would keep himself so isolated. He'd done that himself more than once and all it did was make life worse. It never made things better.