[Tony stares at the screen. And stares some more. He pinches the bridge of his nose with his thumb and forefinger, because it's already painful to focus on a tiny white light beaming straight into his eyeballs while the rest of his body's got a fever (of a-hundred-and-three -- oh, god, he's gone to Foreigner songs). Now, he's got to deal with... this. Singular proof that if you take any fifteen year-old boy, even one direct from feudal Japan, and hand them a keyboard, they'll... start typing incoherent Reddit posts.]
OK, buddy. I'm sort of having a bad time and your argument as to why you're the kind of level-headed, stable individual who should be given access to firearms isn't exactly gripping me. How about you come by AFTER Iris and then I'll explain things in person, deal? Deal. Now go to bed.
[He hits "Do Not Disturb" mode, then tosses the device onto the other pillow in the bed. He rolls over to alternately pull the covers over his shoulders and kick a leg out from under them as he tries to make himself comfortable again, or... as much as he can, anyway.
He'll deal with delivering level-headed explanations when they meet in person. And hey, if Tony did help him, it wouldn't be the first teenager he equipped with state-of-the-art...
...Is that a good thing? Probably not. But whatever, he needs a nap.]
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OK, buddy. I'm sort of having a bad time and your argument as to why you're the kind of level-headed, stable individual who should be given access to firearms isn't exactly gripping me. How about you come by AFTER Iris and then I'll explain things in person, deal? Deal. Now go to bed.
[He hits "Do Not Disturb" mode, then tosses the device onto the other pillow in the bed. He rolls over to alternately pull the covers over his shoulders and kick a leg out from under them as he tries to make himself comfortable again, or... as much as he can, anyway.
He'll deal with delivering level-headed explanations when they meet in person. And hey, if Tony did help him, it wouldn't be the first teenager he equipped with state-of-the-art...
...Is that a good thing? Probably not. But whatever, he needs a nap.]