"The nineteen-forties." he clarifies for Shepard's benefit. The twenty-one forties. Bucky had assumed from the pieces of information he had about Shepard before that she was from the future but just how far in the future surprised him.

He might have asked more expect that for the great icing avalanche happening and her resulting laughter at him. Given that it's not so much a cupcake on the table now as a pile of blue frosting with the shape of something underneath it, it's not unexpected.

"It requires more delicacy than I thought." he says, giving Shepard a mild glare.