( Flustered as he is, still recovering, that joke goes right over his head initially. Whizzes on by, with a confused: )
What? ( A second later it actually lands, and he scrambles for a graceful recovery. He does not find it. There's no graceful recovery to be found any time within a fifteen minute window of this first impression. ) Oh. Oh. No, that's uh- that's not really my style.
( Skrrt, wait- )
Not- that it wouldn't be awesome. Maybe like a- ( He gestures to his sternum, a little circle flat palm sway right about where the arc reactor would be. ) You know, the thing, the chest thing, right in the-
( Place.
Yeah, he's making this weird. Pull out of the nose dive, Jesus Christ. He clears his throat. Moving on. )
Sorry, it's just- seriously, out of all the dudes in tights and capes running around, you are just. Hands down the most awesome. I could do this all day ( Yes, he does a terrible, too gruff Steve Rogers impression. ) So friggin' what. Everybody's all jacked up on magic powers or super serum or godly bullcrap, but you're just- a guy, you know what I mean? Building crap with your own two hands. Keeping up with all those bitches, being badass, shooting lasers, blowing things up to Metallica, it's.
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What? ( A second later it actually lands, and he scrambles for a graceful recovery. He does not find it. There's no graceful recovery to be found any time within a fifteen minute window of this first impression. ) Oh. Oh. No, that's uh- that's not really my style.
( Skrrt, wait- )
Not- that it wouldn't be awesome. Maybe like a- ( He gestures to his sternum, a little circle flat palm sway right about where the arc reactor would be. ) You know, the thing, the chest thing, right in the-
( Place.
Yeah, he's making this weird. Pull out of the nose dive, Jesus Christ. He clears his throat. Moving on. )
Sorry, it's just- seriously, out of all the dudes in tights and capes running around, you are just. Hands down the most awesome. I could do this all day ( Yes, he does a terrible, too gruff Steve Rogers impression. ) So friggin' what. Everybody's all jacked up on magic powers or super serum or godly bullcrap, but you're just- a guy, you know what I mean? Building crap with your own two hands. Keeping up with all those bitches, being badass, shooting lasers, blowing things up to Metallica, it's.
( Wrap it up. In conclusion: )
It's great. You're great. I'm gonna shut up now.
( Thank you for attending his TED talk. )