That was not the first question Wan had expected and it threw him for a bit of a loop. His false bravado fell for a second, enough to be seen before he straightened his shoulders and put that smile back in place.
So why would he want this job?
"Because I don't want to go back to where I was last year... and if I don't try for this, I don't know if I'll have the chance to leap that far again. I want try. If I fail to get it, then I can live with that. I can't live with not trying."
It came out almost without thought. He had meant to stop after 'where I was last year' but the words kept coming and spilled out before he could wrangle his tongue into place. There weren't a lot words, but they were more than he'd wanted to give away. He hadn't wanted to sound desperate and he was pretty sure he did.
Still, he smiled. He knew confidence, the appearance of it, went a long way. It was really all he had to work with. He just hoped it held true in the face of Tony Stark.