He tilts his head slightly in acknowledgement of that, giving a humor-less smile. No, they didn't. In his experience, it made some of the ones who did feel even more guilty - himself included, at one point. But he's mostly past that now.

"It was, yeah," he replies. "But I started working at the VA, and that kept me plenty busy."

And then Captain America had chased him down on a morning run, and he'd found himself way more than busy.