[ Going off on a tangent really shouldn't be that easy for Tony, but it's one of the things he does best. Most people hate that about him, but it's just the way his mind works, even when, just moments ago, he was in the middle of a pretty bad anxiety attack.
Tony would just wave his hand and blow off what just happened, but not around Little Mermaid. ]
The press? [ He shakes his head. ] If they want to find something out, they're going to. But- [ He grins a little wider now, as if something is amusing him. ] If I don't want them finding out something, I have some tricks up my sleeve, believe it or not. The point is, if you don't want them knowing about us, we can keep it that way.
[ Just because Tony knows how to schmooze the press and play their stupid games doesn't mean Little Mermaid needs to be caught up in it too. ]
But yeah, rings. I know, this isn't how people usually do it. [ What's "it", anyway? Engagement? A promise of commitment? He's pretty well committed to her and he knows it. If it was an engagement ring, he wouldn't have just sprung it casually on her, or would he? ]
Really? I guess I thought that you'd want to keep it out of the public eye, but you know what? I'm kind of glad to hear that you don't. Really. Look, I really don't think I'm being a braggart when I say that I want the world to know about us. Well, maybe not the whole world, maybe just this city. But the point is, I want people to know you let me be with you.
[ Because as far as he's concerned, he's lucky. More than lucky, really. Little Mermaid could've said no to his advances, but here they are, together. ]
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Tony would just wave his hand and blow off what just happened, but not around Little Mermaid. ]
The press? [ He shakes his head. ] If they want to find something out, they're going to. But- [ He grins a little wider now, as if something is amusing him. ] If I don't want them finding out something, I have some tricks up my sleeve, believe it or not. The point is, if you don't want them knowing about us, we can keep it that way.
[ Just because Tony knows how to schmooze the press and play their stupid games doesn't mean Little Mermaid needs to be caught up in it too. ]
But yeah, rings. I know, this isn't how people usually do it. [ What's "it", anyway? Engagement? A promise of commitment? He's pretty well committed to her and he knows it. If it was an engagement ring, he wouldn't have just sprung it casually on her, or would he? ]
Really? I guess I thought that you'd want to keep it out of the public eye, but you know what? I'm kind of glad to hear that you don't. Really. Look, I really don't think I'm being a braggart when I say that I want the world to know about us. Well, maybe not the whole world, maybe just this city. But the point is, I want people to know you let me be with you.
[ Because as far as he's concerned, he's lucky. More than lucky, really. Little Mermaid could've said no to his advances, but here they are, together. ]