"I'm not him," Tony said firmly, one hand out flat to establish this foundation that was so severely failing Lauri-Ell. There were clearly enough similarities that explained why Lauri-Ell kept being so confused and disappointed by him, but Tony had never done this sun-supernova thing, and based on what he heard about these other Tony Starks, they had all figured out how to be a better person than he had yet. "I make weapons, I can't have kids, I can't even have a drink without screwing it up, I'm never going to be him. So if that's the calculation you're trying to make, I'm telling you, this problem where you're not understanding me, it's your math, you're putting a bunch of expressions there that don't exist."

Waving the foundation he had laid, he continued, "You keep doing that--everything is right or wrong. I said it wasn't worth it. I'm not worth this headache you're working up."