[It's not that Tony doesn't know what the demigod of mischief (god of mischief?) (what does 'demi' mean exactly) is up to. It's low-hanging fruit, if you ask him on a good day— the exact same fruit that Ultron had gone after, setting the Scarlet Witch on him, with her funbag of hallucinations and guilt trips.
But it's been awhile since Tony had a good day. It's been a bad month. It was a bad apocalypse, and at this point in the evening, he doesn't know that Steve is alive. Instead, he's stuck dancing arm in arm with a sociopath who he physically can't punch right now, thanks to weird warding physics.]
We've had some interesting debates about violence prevention versus reaction, [he says,] I'd break it down for you, but considering causation doesn't actually fit in anywhere on that spectrum, I doubt you'd get a kick out of it. Say. [They turn around the corner of the dancefloor, color lights pulsing overhead.] You're doing a pretty good job trying to get at my sense of personal responsibility. You know you'd probably be a little less psychotic if you tried it out. You don't seem to be enjoying the fun psychosis, godling.
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But it's been awhile since Tony had a good day. It's been a bad month. It was a bad apocalypse, and at this point in the evening, he doesn't know that Steve is alive. Instead, he's stuck dancing arm in arm with a sociopath who he physically can't punch right now, thanks to weird warding physics.]
We've had some interesting debates about violence prevention versus reaction, [he says,] I'd break it down for you, but considering causation doesn't actually fit in anywhere on that spectrum, I doubt you'd get a kick out of it. Say. [They turn around the corner of the dancefloor, color lights pulsing overhead.] You're doing a pretty good job trying to get at my sense of personal responsibility. You know you'd probably be a little less psychotic if you tried it out. You don't seem to be enjoying the fun psychosis, godling.