Steve could already guess as he glanced over to Bucky. Buckly looked at him funny for a moment before his eyes widened and he pointed at himself, "Me? You're saying I'm worthy of this... thing?".
Erskine smiled sincerely, "From the few times I have talked with you, you're clearly loyal to friends and family including Steve, Peggy, and of course,
Susan, you're flexible with changes to the war, transferring in and out, finding ways to help people, and strong-willed to handle the terrors of war, and most of all, you have heart to fight not just for yourself, but for people who is helpless, innocent or weak, just like how you helped a kid in Brooklyn not too long ago, hmm?".
Bucky exhaled, "Yeah, I suppose so. But what is it, anyway?", glancing at the Quantonium which gleamed and pulsed, if he wasn't wrong, but like nervous, excited, and hopeful.
Steve squeezed his shoulder, "That is the Quantonium, well, only 25 percent of it anyway.
I, Peggy, and Susan have the Quantonium, able to size-change, all the extra super stuff, and powers.", with a chuckle.
Erskine nodded, "That's right. And Quantonium is much alive, in sorts of ways, and if you accept it, not as a pill or clutch, but as an old friend,
it will give you the extra super stuff, to have you grow up to Amazonian height, and some general sense of powers that suit you to a T.".
"Seriously?", Bucky was stunned to hear that. "There's not really enough however for you yourself to grow to the heights of
Steve and Peggy, but certainly at least be on par with them at this height.", Erskine explained.
"I see... wow... that's...", Bucky shook his head. "I need a moment to think on this.", with a thoughtful nod. "Which proves it's right to choose you.",
Erskine chuckled. "Someone who was not the right person would've jumped on this instantly.".
Steve scowled, "Like Schimdt and Eris.", and Erskine nodded with a heavy sigh, "Indeed.", before gently putting down the fragment of Quantonium on the table on the far edge across from Bucky,
"I'll leave you two alone. Take your time. Come along, Steven. I have to talk to you about something else.".
Steve nodded, and squeezed Bucky's shoulder again, "Ask it questions like a friend, okay? When you're ready, just say so, and the Quantonium will do the rest.",
with a reassuring smile before leaving with Erskine, heading out of the kitchen.
"Yeah, sure, just leave me with the glowing rock alone...",
Bucky shook his head as he sighed and sat down to look at the Quantonium. "So... you're the thing that helped Steve, right? Or at least the giant things?".
The Quantonium buzzed happily from the tone of it, and Bucky nodded, "Well, I've never seen Steve so happy before.
I mean, your friends of Quantonium in their bodies likes them, right?".
Another buzz affirmed it, and Bucky smiled, "I'd love to help out far better than I have been doing...
Oh, don't get me wrong, transferring out and in regiments and infantries has been handy, but boy, I hate packing in and out every time it happens...Can I tell you a secret?".
A buzz, and Bucky sighed, "I really want to work together with Steve and Peggy, not going into the frontline alone...Is it true that all the super stuff can outrun any enemies and such?".
There was yet another buzz that Bucky obviously could tell it was a yes, somehow. "I see...", he nodded as he gave a small smile. "I guess though I couldn't exactly take a tank shell head on at their 'lower' size though, right?".
The Quantonium shivered, and Bucky nodded, "I thought so...But I can still destroy a tank, yeah?". A buzz came, and Bucky smiled, "Will have to ask Steve and Peggy on the specifics on how to do that without stomping and such...Speaking of which, do you know what my powers are to be?".
A buzz sounded out, and Bucky exhaled, "Are they really helpful for me in every way?", and another buzz came.
Bucky gulped nervously, "Do you think out there that it's possible for a gal who would actually love me for me if I, well, change and all?".
The Quantonium seemed to shimmer and gave a combo of a buzz and a hum as the green energy became transparent for a second and showed the visage of a very lovely face with long dark brown hair and teal eyes and flawless pale skin in the stone like a mirror ball.
"I see... wow... that's...", Bucky shook his head. "I need a moment to think on this.", with a thoughtful nod.
"Which proves it's right to choose you.", Erskine chuckled. "Someone who was not the right person would've jumped on this instantly.".
Steve scowled, "Like Schimdt and Eris.", and Erskine nodded with a heavy sigh, "Indeed.", before gently putting down the fragment of Quantonium on the table on the far edge across from
Bucky, "I'll leave you two alone. Take your time. Come along, Steven. I have to talk to you about something else.".
Steve nodded, and squeezed Bucky's shoulder again, "Ask it questions like a friend, okay? When you're ready, just say so,
and the Quantonium will do the rest.", with a reassuring smile before leaving with Erskine, heading out of the kitchen.
"Yeah, sure, just leave me with the glowing rock alone...", Bucky shook his head as he sighed and sat down to look at the Quantonium.
"So... you're the thing that helped Steve, right? Or at least the giant things?".
The Quantonium buzzed happily from the tone of it, and Bucky nodded, "Well, I've never seen Steve so happy before. I mean, your friends of Quantonium in their bodies likes them, right?".
Another buzz affirmed it, and Bucky smiled, "I'd love to help out far better than I have been doing...
Oh, don't get me wrong, transferring out and in regiments and infantries has been handy, but boy, I hate packing in and out every time it happens...Can I tell you a secret?".