Barnes can't be traced today by all of my toys. Trust me, I tried. He's - untraceable. Even without HYDRA. Listen, maybe you couldn't have found him or about them but that - if you give in to your future mistakes you'll end up like me.
[ tormented by the weight of his past and a possible future. ]
Stark Industries isn't about weapons, not anymore. but how many died before I changed things? I got the company at 21 but without afghanistan, without the cave, I'd still be making advanced weapons of war and quoting my old man and his bigger stick theory.
[ which, in retrospect, looks dumb. The bigger stick was always in space. ]
You didn't know. I didn't know. But for better or worse, I am Iron Man. I will try to save people from this world even if I helped shape it. You'll do the same here. At home. Whatever. That counts. It has to count.
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[ tormented by the weight of his past and a possible future. ]
Stark Industries isn't about weapons, not anymore. but how many died before I changed things? I got the company at 21 but without afghanistan, without the cave, I'd still be making advanced weapons of war and quoting my old man and his bigger stick theory.
[ which, in retrospect, looks dumb. The bigger stick was always in space. ]
You didn't know. I didn't know. But for better or worse, I am Iron Man. I will try to save people from this world even if I helped shape it. You'll do the same here. At home. Whatever. That counts. It has to count.