Maria saluted with her coffee mug. "Already working on it," she said dryly.
She still wasn't convinced that the relationship would be anything that could be termed 'beneficial', but they'd use it as a viable angle. "With the people we deal with, it's only a matter of time before a hacker manages to really screw it up," she predicted darkly. The AI and Stark's self-proclaimed abilities were good, but it only took once and then they'd be in trouble. "Tell him we need the schematics to better understand his capabilities," she suggested. "And that the remote power down would only be used in the event of stolen tech." As touchy as he was about keeping his tech all to himself, that should help.
She made another irritated noise. "Practical and levelheaded up until she decides to do something stupid out of idiotic love for him," she pointed out. "Love never works out well when there's competing loyalties," she said darkly. Of course Pepper would support Tony, and that'd be a problem for SHIELD.