"I'll pass the information on to the appropriate parties, have them look into it, certainly," Tony said, thinking. No matter what the reason Vernard was pointing them in that direction, Steve, Hill, and probably Fury, should know about it.
Though he'd probably only talk to Steve or Maria personally.
"If they're into something shady, chances are S.H.I.E.L.D. already knows about it, but with you never know. They'll take care of it, and if they're clean, you'll have done the most thorough background check imaginable."
He was more surprised by the other offer, and although he knew he was going to take it, Tony had to stop and scrutinize it from every angle first. His misgivings were instinctual, and to his mind, not at all paranoid. The thought of handing his long-guarded technological genius to the scion of Doom, who may or may not be precisely what the fine print stated, was something that, in the past, he would have answered with 'Hell no," and a 'fuck you," for good measure.
But things were changing. His tech would be out there, and Doom, or Mini Doom, would only need to buy or steal one of his new cars to have exactly what they wanted, if the tech was all they were after. From his own hands, it would be more about humility and revenge than just advanced engineering. Humility for Stark, and revenge for Doom. Tony was sure there was something he was owing for.
"It's an exceptional offer, and I'd be lying if I said I'm not interested in taking it. I think we both know I'm not really in a position to turn away business, but that's never stopped me before. I've turned down offers to work for your father, mostly because I think he's a self-aggrandizing lunatic who enjoys hurting people for fun - but you've clearly got something he doesn't - which I find reassuring, and slightly unsettling.
"I'm familiar with your work, so I don't doubt your intelligence, and you seem to be a capable and judicious administrator from our conversation thus far; but I wouldn't work for Victor von Doom when he asked me, and I still have no intention of supporting the system of government he represented, publicly, or privately.
"So tell me, Dr. Vernard," Tony asked, indeed curious, twirling a pen between his fingers. "What assurances do I have that I'm not walking into some sort of trap, or being tricked into a lifetime of enslavement, or that I'll arrive in Latveria, only to be arrested as a spy, or for trespassing, or charged with attempted assassination, or any number of other things that have happened to myself or any number of people before?"
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