[ Tony shrugs. ] Where I'm from, pretty much everyone knows the whole origin story spiel, so. Don't feel too special.
[ Which is true, but also his way of brushing off the fact he just bared his soul to a stranger when he definitely didn't have to, which – yeah, was a calculated sacrifice for plausible payoff, but he's got a feeling the thoughts that visit him while lying in bed tonight didn't properly factor into his considerations.
But... whatever. At least it's something to work toward, and someone to work with who doesn't represent all the ghosts from home, and all the secondhand storytelling he definitely hasn't spent the last week chasing in circles through his brain. He hops off the edge of the table and dusts his hands off on each other. ]
Jayce and Tiny Tim, the dynamic duo. Got it. [ He gives a little half-smirk and starts backing out toward the door. ] I'll stop by later – if I don't get distracted by someone else's much cooler electromagnetic wave equations. Just saying.
[ But there's a lightness to his words that didn't factor into the other bragging – he's probably joking. Maybe? It's hard to tell, as Tony Stark shrugs, waves, and then exits the lab. ]
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[ Which is true, but also his way of brushing off the fact he just bared his soul to a stranger when he definitely didn't have to, which – yeah, was a calculated sacrifice for plausible payoff, but he's got a feeling the thoughts that visit him while lying in bed tonight didn't properly factor into his considerations.
But... whatever. At least it's something to work toward, and someone to work with who doesn't represent all the ghosts from home, and all the secondhand storytelling he definitely hasn't spent the last week chasing in circles through his brain. He hops off the edge of the table and dusts his hands off on each other. ]
Jayce and Tiny Tim, the dynamic duo. Got it. [ He gives a little half-smirk and starts backing out toward the door. ] I'll stop by later – if I don't get distracted by someone else's much cooler electromagnetic wave equations. Just saying.
[ But there's a lightness to his words that didn't factor into the other bragging – he's probably joking. Maybe? It's hard to tell, as Tony Stark shrugs, waves, and then exits the lab. ]