I would rather drop dead on the job than the alternative.
[But he's sure he doesn't need to elaborate further on that point. Tony knows what kind of person he is by now--knows that he would rather work himself to death, towards some productive end, than simply give up and succumb to disease.
He’s not going to talk about that. Anything he could say about his fears or reservations in that department are not anything he wants to voice—-not because voicing them makes them real, but because the last thing Viktor wants, even now, is to be seen as weak. He waits, a little impatiently, for Tony to decide that he’s going to stand up.]
Bring it with you. I don’t want to come back and have to check your math.
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[But he's sure he doesn't need to elaborate further on that point. Tony knows what kind of person he is by now--knows that he would rather work himself to death, towards some productive end, than simply give up and succumb to disease.
He’s not going to talk about that. Anything he could say about his fears or reservations in that department are not anything he wants to voice—-not because voicing them makes them real, but because the last thing Viktor wants, even now, is to be seen as weak. He waits, a little impatiently, for Tony to decide that he’s going to stand up.]
Bring it with you. I don’t want to come back and have to check your math.