themainframe | Mark I ⊚ [Video for Bruce]

[Tony just gives him a teasing smirk.]

Not one for being on top, huh? Well I guess, it can get boring.

[Being on top is... painful, for Bruce. He was at the top before, in his own way, once believing to have the world on his fingertips - and look where his arrogance has led him to now. So its better, this way.]

Not for you though, it seems.

Being on top is all I know. All I do is find ways to make it interesting.

[After all, a Stark always acts like he's on top, even when he's far from it.]

You do make it pretty interesting.

[It's not that all hard to see your face on the news, for many various reasons Bruce is sure he doesn't need to name.]

Even I surprise myself with what ended up on YouTube sometimes. But JARVIS liked to keep all my public appearances tracked.

I think I'm the only person I know with a computer who doubles as a disapproving nanny.

I'm pretty sure there's nobody else who has a computer that can disapprove of your life choices.

[He doesn't really know JARVIS, per se, but he has read about him in some of the magazines he used to read back in the day. He's undeniably one of Tony's greatest creations, barring the arc reactor and the suits.]

Oh I'm sure someone else does, probably a few. The only difference is mine can actually sound annoyed about it.

[He smirks, thinking about the computer not being here is kind of lonely, but Dorumon is slowly starting to fall into the role of ignored nag.]

It wouldn't be the same if it couldn't, I guess.

Only if you look at objectively. Abstractly it's the same.

[Tony, why you gotta be obtuse sometimes.]

[Because that's how he rolls.]

But it still makes enough of a difference.

Well, I guess you have a point there, and with luck it'll stay that way.

Let's all keep up our hopes, then.

[Smirks]

Suddenly I feel like you've really grown.

[Uuuuuuuh.]

Okay?

[Have a small blink here. That kind of came out from nowhere.]

[Smirks.]

It's all this talk og hope, coming from you.

[A small snort from Bruce here, though its more amused than anything else.]

Guess saving the world helped somewhat.

You're welcome for that. By the way.

[Enjoy yourself some smug Tony expression]

I do appreciate it.

[He can take your smugness with good grace, Tony.]

[As long as someone can.]

Which really only confirms that people need to listen to me more, because it's a good bet that I'm always right.

[His smirk becomes something almost a chuckle.]

You're not always right - [because even Bruce knows that feeding your ego is not a good idea here] - but for this case I can give you the credit.

[He pulls a face that suggest he doesn't really agree with him there.]

Generally always. But it's nice of you to agree that I deserve the credit on this.

I just give credit where its due. [Said very good naturedly, and he quirks a smile here.]

Not a phrase I hear that much about me. Suddenly I feel insulted about the last 40 odd years.

[There's a small laugh, this time.]

You'll live.

[Tony can't help but make an amused noise.]

Yeah, I always seem to have that going for me.

If you're not going to give me the toaster, how about keeping an eye out for something that could be useful?

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