[He reached down with his flesh hand to catch and stroke Rumlow's tail, always pleased with its antics. It sometimes just seemed to have a mind of its own beyond anything that Rumlow happened to be doing at the time, and he found it soft and warm to touch, even if he knew it still had deadly barbs hidden inside.]

Did you graduate or drop-out? When did you get recruited to HYDRA?

[This was all aspects of Rumlow's life that he knew had to exist, but it seemed that few people actually knew the tale. He suspected that Rumlow trusted very few with it, given that it probably wasn't all that pleasant to recall in the first place. The fact that his commander would do so for him and be honest about the answers endeared him even more towards Rumlow.]

I don't know. Maybe losing all my memories. They suddenly seem like a part of me that I need because I can't share with you what you share with me.