Tony just laughed, pulling it out of his pocket and holding it up. To 'talk'.
"'You're welcome, Pepper. Tony's a lot less of an ass now, I'll take all the credit because I'm awesome.'" The voice was precious, he was actually impressed with it.
Then again, when wasn't he impressed with himself?
Putting the reactor down on the table, he sobered just a bit. "And I'm sorry, about the press. I forget about it most the time. Probably a pretty good pain in the ass I bet."