[Somewhat assuaged, Rumlow continued to snuggle up against the Soldier -- not hard to do, given their positions. He settled, at least for a while. The Soldier had more questions, of course. Really, the guy was as inquisitive as ever, but Rumlow was pretty used it by now.

He tilted his head up, considering his answer. It was likely the case, though the Soldier wasn't without a few changes of his own. Rumlow sneaked a hand around to press fingertips against the Soldier's twin wounds. They were still hard, blackened by neither knew what.]

Could be. Though when I asked, some of the other demons said it seemed pretty random. One suggested it could correlate with how evil you are, but that sounded too subjective to me. I guess I like what I've been stuck with. Helps in a fight, like you said.