Re: [Science Bros]
[JARVIS is slowly lowering the volume of the rock music as they speak. Tony doesn't notice; it's probably some default programming he set up a long time ago so Rhodey stopped yelling at him about it and Pepper stopped cutting the music off, but people had stopped coming to the lab a while ago and Tony had discouraged it where he could. All this talk about destroying the world with his tech, he got a little crazy about protecting it. "Cave realizations" he called it in his head. Hi Tony you're destroying the world, please stop. Like that.
He doesn't try to get up, because he has learned he'll fall down again. His eyes shift down to the cooler, and he gives a tentative little push. The stool (with the enginer atop it) rolls gently in the direction of the twisted dentist's chair. Tony leans one elbow on it.] Semi-permanent solution. It's all it ever was really. Back when it was a car battery. How long was I really expected to run on it? Not that long. It would outlast me. Still will. Version one-point-oh was three gigajoules per second. This one is ten times better.
[He smiles at the thought of getting stinky in a suit, and doesn't argue.]
I refuse to believe in vampires. Aliens made me too tired. You want a smoothie? Dummy makes them. This one only has a couple screws and a bolt in it. [Slurp.]