"You work for SHIELD?" There's that calculating interest again, just like when she'd offered him new clothes – but now it's more intense, and laser-focused.
He could say something snotty to her comments about manipulation and tantrums, but he'd rather push her for information about SHIELD, while she's in a sharing mood.
Tony knows SHIELD – who doesn't? – and he also knows that, once up on a time, his dad had had some big contracts with them. Stane International still sells them weapons, of course, but Howard Stark's contracts had been a little more... wide-ranging. A lot of it had been real cutting-edge stuff, at the time.
SHIELD's bought tech from a Stark before. Maybe they'd be interested in the work of another Stark, if he can find an opportunity to prove he's just as smart as his father was.
It's not the way out he'd been planning, that's for sure. But he's flexible.
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He could say something snotty to her comments about manipulation and tantrums, but he'd rather push her for information about SHIELD, while she's in a sharing mood.
Tony knows SHIELD – who doesn't? – and he also knows that, once up on a time, his dad had had some big contracts with them. Stane International still sells them weapons, of course, but Howard Stark's contracts had been a little more... wide-ranging. A lot of it had been real cutting-edge stuff, at the time.
SHIELD's bought tech from a Stark before. Maybe they'd be interested in the work of another Stark, if he can find an opportunity to prove he's just as smart as his father was.
It's not the way out he'd been planning, that's for sure. But he's flexible.