Well, that mostly makes this easier - probably. Fewer preconceptions are generally better than more, Bucky's learned, even if they can be hard to avoid. But he's learned that most of the people here he thinks he recognizes are not, in fact, people who recognize him (for himself) right back. It's easier if you don't walk into a conversation assuming they will.

But he does notice the way the shield gets the guy's attention, even if that could be for a lot of reasons. Still, his lips twitch into a wry half-smile at the comment. "I mean, there's not much around here a guy could break more," he points out, although he is of course not, in fact, out and about to play frisbee. "You look pretty calm for a newcomer. This kinda shit happen to you before?"