Steve isn't at all put off by Jayce's energetic greeting, but that comes down to the fact that he's also a morning person. He and Sam are usually already running around the city when the sky starts to lighten, and after a workout, he's more than ready to face what the day brings.

A double back harness? He inclines his head, eyes widening slightly with interest, but then his attention shifts over to Viktor as he appears. Or V, as Jayce calls him. Cute. Steve nods to him in greeting.

"It's all right. I have all day." He doesn't have any jobs awaiting him, having made sure to leave his schedule open because he had no idea how long this might take. Jayce seems to want to try a whole variety of things.

"Here." He unstraps the plain metal shield from his arm so that he can hand it over to Jayce. "Sorry, when I was fighting off the undead last month, it got exposed to a lot of heat." He doesn't elaborate on where the heat came from, but won't hesitate to do so if they're curious. No fire-breathing zombies were involved, thankfully. "I'm not sure it was really designed to withstand that kind of thing, so..."

Some repairs might be in order. The shield definitely looks a bit charred at the edges.