It's easy to talk. It's easy for the words to come out of his mouth and for things to feel most of the way normal when he's able to push the rest of it back. There's going to be a blow up, or several blowups, probably, down the line. And he's already trying to prepare for how nasty they're likely to be.

There's also the factor of touch, and...well, he doesn't really want to talk about that.

"Too late. You're gonna give me an overinflated ego just like Stark. Then I'll really be insufferable."