Yeah, he, where's your Arthurian legends knowledge, dude? Lancelot, the "most noble of them all", a knight, in love with Guinevere? Ring any bells? That Lancelot.
[Clearly this conversation is going smashingly. But at least this guy seems to know Iron Man is even a thing that, you know, exists in comics and stuff, unlike most of the people here.]
Not was, is. I'll tell him to convince you he's definitely very real the second I see him. I mean, he probably won't do it [because it's Tony, let's be real here] but I can try.