Tony just watched him move, a faint smile playing over his face. "You know, you're pretty patronizing for someone who doesn't actually have all the answers. Your highness." He could appreciate a certain amount of self-assurance, but still.

Between one heartbeat and the next, he was suddenly standing directly in front of the young king without seeming to have moved at all, that same smile still in place. "Let's keep in mind that this war has been prolonged on both sides, shall we? You don't have to like me, but we are here for a purpose."

He waited just a moment longer, then made a show of taking a step back.