[Tony jerks back without being pushed like his shoulders were attached to invisible strings. It's a normal response, trying to stop an injured person from over-exerting themselves, but he still watches Elena in confusion. Maybe he's still reeling from the fact that she seemed to be back to her normal self, or just the break from her sobbing to practically lunging at him. And he hasn't been conscious, that long. It's hard enough to process her words when they seemed to be going a thousand miles per minute.
Even if she avoids his gaze, he seeks it out, studying the pain that was written into her face. He hears her mention something about a scar, which he registers as less of an issue when his chest was already marked up from the surgery he had to get the arc reactor removed. The faint circle of scar tissue, like he'd been attacked in a dark alley with a giant cookie cutter. Maybe he'd see how bad this recent damage was before making a decision on drinking magic blood.
Elena deflates, and for a second, he thinks she's talking about the accident, but that doesn't make sense. From there, he realizes that she's remembering the terrible pain of feeling.]
Why did you turn it off? [Even if he thinks he already knows, and has spent the last four months coming up with alternate theories, he still wants to know the truth.]
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Even if she avoids his gaze, he seeks it out, studying the pain that was written into her face. He hears her mention something about a scar, which he registers as less of an issue when his chest was already marked up from the surgery he had to get the arc reactor removed. The faint circle of scar tissue, like he'd been attacked in a dark alley with a giant cookie cutter. Maybe he'd see how bad this recent damage was before making a decision on drinking magic blood.
Elena deflates, and for a second, he thinks she's talking about the accident, but that doesn't make sense. From there, he realizes that she's remembering the terrible pain of feeling.]
Why did you turn it off? [Even if he thinks he already knows, and has spent the last four months coming up with alternate theories, he still wants to know the truth.]