"Famous last words." Tony checked his watch. It was getting close to 4:00 in the afternoon, and he recalled Peter mentioning that May tended to work until evening.

"If I've got the all clear, I'll head over now. Being grounded doesn't mean you can't have visitors, right? Some may enter, none--none being you--may leave." Tony balled up the chip bag resolutely, pitching it at a circular metallic waste bin across the room.

"You're the princess in the castle, I'll be the plumber that rescues you from Aunt Koopa." A pause. "That was a joke. You can laugh."