Shuri peppers him with questions and ideas and a running stream of commentary on the ridiculousness of various "colonizer traditions," all of which he keeps up with as best he can. Bucky explains the background behind the entire pumpkin thing, talks about seeing kids with carved turnips wandering the streets when he was little, and agrees with her that it should be a lot of fun to try no matter what. He throws Sharon to Shuri's mercies when it comes to planning, suggesting that she might already have some ideas, and leaves the princess plotting merriment and mayhem as he escapes, deciding to come back and call Steve and Natasha tomorrow.

Is it too early to head back? Probably not, it's got to have been an hour and a half by now, easy. Bucky makes his way to the platform and takes the train back, then circles around and starts along the familiar grassy hill toward the distant hut.