Re: Batman, Iron Man, and Superman
He glance over at Bruce and couldn't help the wry smile. "The impressive part creeps on you. He's in a suit, he's on a mission to get you to sit down and debrief, and he is relentless and doesn't blink. At anything."
Okay, that was a good way to get Tony to cooperate; he preened a little under the praise and the scanning, and, ego stroked, was more than happy to demonstrate the genius part of his skills. "Gold-titanium, actually - no iron was actually involved in the making of Iron Man. I just cribbed off the Black Sabbath song because it rocks," he disclosed. "Lighter and better for flight," he explained.
"And yeah it is," he said without a trace of modesty. With a glance at Bruce, he felt cheerful and gracious enough to concede, "You've got advanced tech in different areas."
Who knew what the strawberry rhubarb was about, but he made the mental note about the pies. And if there was one way to get him happy and cooperative, it was dangling robotics in front of him and letting him be smarter than someone. "You build alien robotics?" he asked, and managed to keep from bouncing around - the armor helped. "I'd love to take a look at those blueprints, and any robots you've got rolling around."