I don't get the hand-wavey kind either. If I had more data to work with... [He shrugs and dismissively waves his hand at all that hand waving. Ain't nobody got time for that.

Then he laughs.] Don't worry about me. I'm pretty good at dealing with disaster. [It's sort of his job. His job that he doesn't get paid for. Does superheroing count as a job? Maybe he can write his armor expenses off on his taxes...]

Uh, I don't really know anything about medicine and I haven't gone to college yet, but I guess a scientist is a sort of scholar? I'm more the hands-on kind of scientist than the paper-writing kind of scientist, though. I invent stuff, and then I build it.

[While Alayne is looking at dark fabrics, the more brightly-colored ones have caught Tony's interest. He critically eyes a vibrant crimson blouse-ish shirt thing. That's totally his color. It even has gold trim. He wonders if he could get away with that kind of Renaissance Faire getup, or if Gene would just laugh at him.]