Yeah, Steve can hear the way he doesn't believe what he's saying. But hey, at least he says it. And he figures if nothing else, Winter is not the kind of guy to say something just to be polite. Maybe he wants to believe it, even if he can't.

Steve will try to believe it for both of them, then.

He frowns a little to himself as he moves, considering all that. From kept trying to make me remember to would have wanted me to be more like a person.

"You seem like a person to me," he points out, voice still low and quiet. "Maybe a grumpy one, but - people can be grumpy. That's definitely a person thing."

He might be trying to get a laugh. He might also not be expecting one. He still says it, anyway.