[ Those are the things Bruce has yet to find out, but he wouldn't put it past Tony. When the man's personality echoes across each and every newspaper and tabloid, it wouldn't be hard to put two and two together. ]
Though that does remind me, I wonder how the alcohol here tastes. [ No Tony, that's not Bruce saying he relaxes like that. ]
It'd take years to do that, maybe decades. I didn't build SI from the ground up. Not like dad. Besides, I don't want to be stuck here on an asteroid for the rest of my life, do you? I'm out of here and heading back to Earth as soon as I find a way out.
[ The optimism is appreciated, even if Bruce chooses not to comment to it. He's the kind of person who knows what it's like to just settle for what he can get, which is why he doesn't really argue with it this time. ]
It'd get you out and about at least, give you some of that money you're asking for.
Tell you what, if you want to take care of the palladium on your own, I'll handle finding you a way to settle in on the R&D here.
[ It's a fair compromise at least, considering Tony didn't want Bruce's help in the first place for something so important.
Because petulant as Tony could be from time to time -- and however much it was true -- he wasn't going to be the person to let Tony suffer through everything on his own. ]
[ He scoffs in return; the Hulk was pretty damaging in the long run, but the bit of Pepper he had heard of when she took over managing Stark Industries was anything except that. ]
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Though that does remind me, I wonder how the alcohol here tastes. [ No Tony, that's not Bruce saying he relaxes like that. ]
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[It's awful, terrible, horrible. Feel bad for his suffering.]
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You could always rebuild Stark Industries here. Maybe go universal.
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It'd take years to do that, maybe decades. I didn't build SI from the ground up. Not like dad. Besides, I don't want to be stuck here on an asteroid for the rest of my life, do you? I'm out of here and heading back to Earth as soon as I find a way out.
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It'd get you out and about at least, give you some of that money you're asking for.
[ Don't think he hasn't figured that part out. ]
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Yeah.
[He sighs.]
Yeah. Reactor first, then the Mark II Stark Industries.
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[ It's a fair compromise at least, considering Tony didn't want Bruce's help in the first place for something so important.
Because petulant as Tony could be from time to time -- and however much it was true -- he wasn't going to be the person to let Tony suffer through everything on his own. ]
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You'll be my Pepper?
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[ Because somehow that sounded like a marriage proposal to him. ]
I don't carry the same charm as her.
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But you can roar almost as loud. You know, when you want to.
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And she's the only one who can keep you in line?
[ Come on, Tony, spill the beans. ]