Haha, the great things they do don’t have to be good. They can be cruel, but that’s just how things are sometimes. I just told you they were inefficient, didn’t I?

[ somehow, tony’s questions give flat a sense of nostalgia. it’s nice. ]

What are humans like, where you’re from? In fact, I never did ask, what are you? I can tell you’re not human, but I gotta know what you are!

[ he sounds genuinely curious. if tony could see, he’d see flat grinning from ear to ear and everything, like a child in a candy shop. ]