[ Snorting in insulted disbelief, Tony turns to root around in the toolbox. It takes him a little longer than necessary to extract what he needs, he can’t resist sating his curiosity about what’s in there, before he turns back to the dilapidated laptop with the aforementioned screwdriver, a tiny collection of screws, and a few other tools. ]

I can upgrade your operating system while I’m in here. Streamline it. Free up more processing power.

[ As distracted as he sounds, he is conscientious about saving Bruce’s files before powering down the laptop and getting to work on it. The task’s an easy one. It doesn’t require even half of his attention, and while he works, he glances up periodically to look at Bruce as he speaks. ]

Like the Tesseract? Uh, Odin’s magical cosmic cube. It’s a portal to other dimensions. I have all of Selvig’s notes. He’s the one who figured out how to work the thing. I could have done it, obviously, but Fury knew I wouldn’t be okay with using it to make weapons. And I wasn’t. We don’t get along. Me and Fury. Or the rest of SHIELD. I don’t know if you knew that. Yeah, but anyway, if you want help with that, I— [ have plenty of experience with interdimensional transportation into the depths of space. ] —I can help you out with that.