Sparkles / Iron Deficiency Man
"Guess we both get another turn, eventually," Tony said mildly, but no there was no real joy in that knowledge. Not when Tony knew what came from it. He didn't regret any decision that his future self made, but he didn't have to be happy about it, either.
But moving on -- yeah. That was a hard one. It really was. Because sometimes you just... couldn't. And knowledge of the future didn't help with the now, even if it felt like it ought to. "I don't know either," he admitted. "Not everything works for everyone, you know? But. When I got here I was --" Well. He'd been pretty despondent on top of being ill. "Well, it doesn't matter what I was. I found something to focus on. A distraction."