"Why didn't you tell me sooner?" Tony cut in, entirely uninterested in arguing the point with the boy. He knew Peter knew better.

"What were you afraid of, exactly--that I'd get angry? Let me tell you what you should be afraid of, Peter. A man who stole alien technology to hijack a plane full of power sources that'd put nuclear energy to shame. A man that proved he would murder a ferry full of innocent people if it got him ahead."

He paused for only a moment to let that sink in.

"And if I don't know? I can't help you. I can't do everything in my power to make sure you and May don't suffer in the fallout."