"How about it? You think it's unbelievable too, right?" Peggy Carter asked without much confidence.
"That's right. It really is unbelievable," Evenson answered almost instinctively.
"So it was just because I was under too much pressure that I started imagining things and had such an absurd dream?"
"I think that's probably it." Evenson nodded in confirmation and even offered his own advice. "Before you sleep next time, try having a few more drinks. Getting yourself drunk might help you sleep more soundly. Of course, I wouldn't recommend drinking too much. If it upsets your stomach, you'll have an even harder time falling asleep."
Hail Hydra?! Evenson found it even harder than Peggy Carter to believe Captain America would say something like that. In fact, he could accept anyone in the world colluding with Hydra, but Captain America was the one exception.
The hero who had personally defeated Red Skull and single-handedly thwarted Hydra's plot to rule the world. The embodiment of the American Spirit, considered the greatest American since Washington. Could such an upright young man really betray them?
No one would believe that. Could someone have reset the course of his entire life? What kind of joke was that?!
"Mm..." After saying all that, Peggy Carter and Evenson both fell silent.
"Is it really impossible?" But then their eyes met again, and they asked the same question at the same time.
They both believed such a thing was completely impossible, yet that dream had left a knot in both their hearts. Like a mosquito bite, it was harmless when ignored, but once remembered, the itch became unbearable.
And if they cast aside personal feelings and subjective positions, analyzing it with pure logic and reason... it seemed this was not entirely impossible.
"I know it sounds absurd, but if you