Her whole manner has quieted down, and that tells Steve one of two things: either she's scared, or a threat. He doesn't answer her question. Like he said, she's a smart kid, and he's intelligent enough not to play his whole hand.

"I fought in that war, probably against your father," he says, without a clue just who exactly her father could be. But if he was in that factory, or close to the Red Skull, Steve may have fought him numerous times. "The factory you talked about? I was there. The men that were being held were prisoners of war. Some were being tortured. Do you understand that?"

He never raises his voice. He's imploring, trying his best to divine whether she's been raised to be his enemy, or if she's just too young to understand what's happening.