She listened with surprising patience, mostly because she'd heard this so many times before. And because she had something the other Young Avengers didn't; rigorous government sanctioned training.
"I guess you don't know," she mumbled when he'd finished and took a thoughtful gulp of her coke which the waitress had silently slipped onto the table while Tony was talking. Well of course he didn't know, how could he? It would require explanation. She sat back and began popping her fingers idly with the thoughtful expression still on her face.
"Okay, so, after we had our...war in our world there was this Initiative to create a super-hero team for each state, to prevent the kind of tragedies that started the war in the first place. If you were registered you could go into training and I did. I'm the only one of us, of my friends, who did it. I was being trained as a cadet in superhuman ethics, combat, and first aid." She paused and stared at the table for a moment and then looked back at Tony with defiance returned to her face.
"I'm not just some kid-vigilante and it's not just some 'after school' thing for me. I've got the training, and I'm Scott Lang's daughter. I was born to do this. It's all I've ever wanted to do. I know the risks. I'm sorry, but I'm not going to stop."