Re: T'Challa/The Black Panther
"See, I told you we should have been responsible and called ahead," Tony joked a little - because he was not the responsible one here - as he wandered around the lobby, looking at various pretty pictures on the walls, and mostly trying to brush up on his geology. "Otherwise, successful beginning to road trip for science." It was just easiest to refer to it as that in front of anyone who might be listening.
When the King of Wakanda graced them with his presence, and not even after a weight that was anything more than negligible, but still more than Tony had experienced for awhile...or in his life. Tony Stark did not cool his heels in a waiting room...or at all, or with any sort of grace.
He met the handshake politely and firmly. "I really like what you've done with Wakanda," he said. "The way you've decided to sit on a vast and militarily valuable resource...that's going to go over great, one war-monger to a pacifist.
"And that is why my friend and your friend is going to talk about why we came to talk to you," he added as he turned to Reed.