He gets to his feet as Betty does and not a moment sooner, not wanting to startle her by getting up before she has, and takes a few steps back, allowing her a wide berth. He says nothing as she tears the remains on the machine apart, thinks nothing, potentially in some sort of shock thanks to how little sense this all makes. He snaps out of it only when the machine is in ruins -- more ruins, whatever -- and wets his lips with his tongue as he wrings his hands in front of him and tries to decide what to do now.
He obviously can't help Betty while she's still transformed, obviously, so they'll have to wait it out. But what to do in the meantime? What to say? How did Betty deal with him when they spent that night in the cave after her father came after him? How does Tony do it now? He can't remember, not entirely, and not for the first time, he wishes he had better recollection of what he did as the Hulk.
"Yeah," he starts finally, nodding to the machine as he tries to emulate some of Tony's usual flippancy. "I'm pretty sure that's done."
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Date: 2012-06-28 12:02 am (UTC)From:He obviously can't help Betty while she's still transformed, obviously, so they'll have to wait it out. But what to do in the meantime? What to say? How did Betty deal with him when they spent that night in the cave after her father came after him? How does Tony do it now? He can't remember, not entirely, and not for the first time, he wishes he had better recollection of what he did as the Hulk.
"Yeah," he starts finally, nodding to the machine as he tries to emulate some of Tony's usual flippancy. "I'm pretty sure that's done."