He played a lot of guitar hero is all.

"Emotional, right." He shook his head, smiling a little. "I don't think of myself as emotional." Which was a laugh, really.

"I feel like you're just saying that to make me feel good about myself," he said. "But yeah. Human Kite. Which was what I was when we'd play superheroes when I was a little kid."

He looked at his tea. "It was good." He could look at her and lie about being fine, but he couldn't manage to do it when telling the truth.

"Really good. I worked for Mr. Stark - legal department - and I had my own apartment. I had a serious boyfriend. And actual superpowers!"

He looked up. "Real ones! The ones I wanted as a kid. So. I had it easy, sounds like."