[ It’s on the tip of his tongue to mention that he’s run into a few of these people. Namely, Bruce and Pepper. They look like the people he knows. They sound like them. They talk like them. But it’s clear to him now that they’re not the people he knows. More to the point, according to Jack, he’s not the man they know.
But all of that falls to the wayside when his counterpart mentions clones. We’re also clones. Three words and Tony feels the bottom drop out of his stomach, feels the air leave his lungs like a fist to the gut. That can’t be real. They can’t be clones. That kind of technology, well, okay, he can admit that it might exist if he built it, but he’s not a clone. He’s got the arc reactor in his chest for fuck’s sake. Who would – who could - clone that? ]
Wait. Go back. What?
[ He wants to ask about the other Stark Industries. Wants to ask about the differences between those two Tony Starks. Between this one and himself. But all he keeps hearing is that they’re clones. ]
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But all of that falls to the wayside when his counterpart mentions clones. We’re also clones. Three words and Tony feels the bottom drop out of his stomach, feels the air leave his lungs like a fist to the gut. That can’t be real. They can’t be clones. That kind of technology, well, okay, he can admit that it might exist if he built it, but he’s not a clone. He’s got the arc reactor in his chest for fuck’s sake. Who would – who could - clone that? ]
Wait. Go back. What?
[ He wants to ask about the other Stark Industries. Wants to ask about the differences between those two Tony Starks. Between this one and himself. But all he keeps hearing is that they’re clones. ]
Clones? Are you sure?