Steve tries his best not to look too disappointed. "Of course, I assumed something like that." He's not technically lying; he knew it in his head, but his heart wanted to believe something different, something almost impossible. Maybe he shouldn't be so hard on himself for it; the impossible has certainly occurred before. "But there was also a significant gap between the time I came here from and the time I'm familiar with, and I wondered if you hadn't gone through something similar. It's all very complicated, though, so it was a real long shot."