Steve tried to answer Slade but found that he just couldn't. He allowed the older man to lead him to one of the benches, and sat down. He rested his forearms on his knees, head down. Now was not the time for this! He was suppose to be a soldier! Steve knew Slade would be disappointed, maybe even angry, but there was nothing he could really do about that. His body had always worked against him for as long as he could remember. He heard Slade walk off and focused on trying to draw breath into his lungs, through the dust and dirt that had brought this on. Away from the track it was a little better to do so, and Steve was able to at not gasp though the wheezing still remained on each inhale. Seeing Slade returning, Steve sat up straighter and made to say something when the older man picked him up. Naturally, he struggled a little. He had never liked being carried, or seen as weak for that matter. The many times Bucky had done just this he had always been faced with a struggle until Steve tired himself out. He always complained afterwards, sometimes ignoring his best friend until he apologized or Steve finally gave in.<br/><br/>When Slade finally set him down, Steve shot a glare at the older man before following the nurse into the tent. He heard what Slade said and would have laughed had he been able to. He was getting mixed signals from this man. On one side, he wanted Steve to push himself, to complete all the training exercised he through at him, treating him like a normal soldier. And now on the other side he was carrying Steve to the Infirmary tent and telling him to basically take it easy next time.<br/><br/>It wasn't long before Steve was insisting that he was okay, and the nurse reluctantly let him go with a warning that if things started up again to come back. Standing outside of the tent, Steve wondered where he was suppose to find Slade, the man hadn't exactly given him a location. Turns out, Steve was luckier than he thought. He found Slade relatively quickly. Sitting off to the side of the training area, Steve watched the man spar. He was really good and Steve wondered how he was suppose to keep up with something like this.