"I've got a lot back," Soldat says quietly. "Not everything. But a lot. You're part of most of the good bits. But I'm. I've got a whole new name, now, because hearing my old one hurt too much. And my head's pretty broken." And the last Steve didn't know how to handle any of that, they think. It's the most obvious explanation for the avoidance.

They're not holding out hope for this Steve being able to handle it any better, especially on top of all the mission memory shit going on.