[Hearing the coldness in Gene's voice, Tony glances up and finally notices how uncomfortable Gene looks. He clears his throat awkwardly and slides the gauntlet off, passing it back to Gene.]
Right. Okay. Um... Okay, the second ring. Energy blasts, right? Now, if you...
[...And thus follows an exhaustive battery of tests and measurements, some of which have an obvious purpose, and some of which could only make sense to Tony Stark. He has Gene test the rings together in various permutations as well as alone, moving up through the set, slowly approaching the more powerful rings.]
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Right. Okay. Um... Okay, the second ring. Energy blasts, right? Now, if you...
[...And thus follows an exhaustive battery of tests and measurements, some of which have an obvious purpose, and some of which could only make sense to Tony Stark. He has Gene test the rings together in various permutations as well as alone, moving up through the set, slowly approaching the more powerful rings.]