"Yeah, but so are you." He smiles, a little lopsidedly. "Not even he can make Pepper Potts do something she doesn't want to."

Unconsciously, he turns towards her too, squinting a little as she poses the question. It's not every day you get asked why you're 'nice.'

"I wasn't aware I was nice," he admits, and it's not off-kilter enough to be totally a joke. "I didn't join up to make friends." That's a neat solution, right?