[ It's easy enough of an empty promise to make, as it can only go a sum total of three ways: 1) Tony wheels away with his precious caffeine and never runs into the kid again, negating the obligation to pay him anything 2) Tony procures money at a later date in which case he likely still won't pay the kid back on account of forgetting about it entirely, and 3) both Tony and the kid somehow end up back on Earth at the same time in the same reality, where Tony can then just pay for the kid's college tuition and they can call it square.
Right. Good plan. Wait, was he just asked a question? ]
--and it's Tony. My name. [ He winces pointedly, rubbing at his temples. ] Sorry, migraine. Increased blood pressure around the nerves, y'know, which can be alleviated with something vasoconstrictive. Like caffeine. [ Hurry up Joan Jett he doesn't have all day. ]
I'd say I'm sorry for Keith's new nickname but I'm not.
[ It's easy enough of an empty promise to make, as it can only go a sum total of three ways: 1) Tony wheels away with his precious caffeine and never runs into the kid again, negating the obligation to pay him anything 2) Tony procures money at a later date in which case he likely still won't pay the kid back on account of forgetting about it entirely, and 3) both Tony and the kid somehow end up back on Earth at the same time in the same reality, where Tony can then just pay for the kid's college tuition and they can call it square.
Right. Good plan. Wait, was he just asked a question? ]
--and it's Tony. My name. [ He winces pointedly, rubbing at his temples. ] Sorry, migraine. Increased blood pressure around the nerves, y'know, which can be alleviated with something vasoconstrictive. Like caffeine. [ Hurry up Joan Jett he doesn't have all day. ]