Hey, I didn't even have an ego until five minutes ago.

[He's about to laugh, and the look on Tony's face utterly wipes that away. He's seen it on Jim, sometimes. Bad connotations. It's not his fault there's a trigger, but he intends to tread carefully now.]

It's a lot more than it looks; don't knock it til you've tried it. [A pause.] Not that you can - no offence. Recruitment's highly selective... and kind of inscrutable, to be honest.