"And then I left you alone for five minutes and look what happened." There was almost, almost an edge of amusement there, like he knew how it was supposed to work but couldn't quite make the connection to make it work himself.

He'd also tracked Peggy down himself, though he hadn't gone to see her yet, afraid that she wouldn't recognize him, or afraid that she would but would know something was wrong, afraid that she wouldn't have any more answers for him than he already had himself.