“Honestly, I don’t know. AIM’s big. It’s not just a think tank anymore. Now they’re making stuff for the government, redoing War Machine and turning it into Iron Patriot. What I don’t know is how deep AIM’s involvement with Killian’s terrorism goes. I would’ve looked into it, but between making the reversal serum, surgery, trying to get my shit out of ocean, I just didn’t have time.”

The resources he once had at his disposal are gone. In time, without interruptions, he’ll be back to working order, but he’s not there yet and it galls him.

“Ten Rings was the group that captured me in Afghanistan. I don’t know how much Killian had to do with it. He’d probably like to say he masterminded the whole thing, but I never saw him when I was there. Just a, I don’t know, a grunt.”