"...That's it?" Filter, gone. Tony just stared down at the man, wondering when the Thor from his memories would burst out of this resigned stranger's chest and put up a fight. He could have morphed into Pepper herself and that would have made more sense.

"I thought you, of all people--I thought you'd get it." He pushed off with his good arm to stand. "We don't stop just because it gets scary, we don't stop just because it hurts."