Tony furrows his brows together, lips going thin in a strained 'welllllll' expression. She'd figured it out before this, when he was still attempting to keep it mostly to himself. Now, he can't quite do that. "It's the arc reactor. It's the palladium core, but that's necessary to conduct--" He stops himself in his tracks there. "I'll spare you the jargon. Let's just get the Neighborhood of Make-Believe back together and I'll dig through the old celluloid again."
He doesn't even get a chance to respond to anything else. There's the sounds of a very familiar be-suited SHIELD agent wandering down the stairs to check up on him, suddenly. Captain Mayonnaise. Lovely.
Tony spins on his heels to urge Caroline to hide - something he regrets immediately - only to find... where'd she go? He blinks dizzily at where Caroline had been, just a moment before.
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Date: 2014-08-18 08:11 am (UTC)He doesn't even get a chance to respond to anything else. There's the sounds of a very familiar be-suited SHIELD agent wandering down the stairs to check up on him, suddenly. Captain Mayonnaise. Lovely.
Tony spins on his heels to urge Caroline to hide - something he regrets immediately - only to find... where'd she go? He blinks dizzily at where Caroline had been, just a moment before.