"No," Tony hisses. But the accusation cuts deep. He hates that Solomon was there for his fight with Malicant. He hates that Solomon has somehow managed to crawl into his life and like this; always catching him at his most vulnerable, always weaseling his way into Tony's biggest fears and regrets and using them to humiliate him.

"I'll never be like him. You don't know anything about me. You just like to think you do. You think think being old and bitter and cynical means you know everything, but you know what? You're just as full of shit as Malicant was."