Tony wouldn't really say it's his mortality he's struggling with. More like his uncomfortably high potential for being an evil douchebag. It's not fun hearing more evidence that the nightmare Malicant had imagined for him is only a universal step or a few bad choices away from being a reality.

Doesn't sound like he's going to get a lot of sympathy on that from JARVIS, though, who still thinks his Tony is the bee's knees. And his self-deprecating joke just prompts some more calm and sensible positivity, which Tony is not really in the mood for. "Yeah, I bet that's it," he replies sardonically.

With that old wound unexpectedly reopened, it's a relief to be able to turn the conversation to more practical matters. "We're a little farther from home than the Nine Realms," he says, with a more genuine chuckle. "Since we're both here from alternate timelines, and this obviously isn't Earth, you've probably already figured out that this is another universe. And you're right about the natives - they're a species that call themselves kedan. They're humanoid shapeshifters. This planet has a lot of different sentient species, though - the continent we're on right now has four others, at least. As for the non-native species... there's about fifty people here like you and me, who come from other universes. They call us 'Foreigners.' Mostly human, but there's some others mixed in there too. We're... recruits. We were brought here to fight a being called Malicant, but we beat it a couple years ago, and Foreigners keep getting brought in automatically."

Tony shrugs and gives JARVIS a small, wry smile. "That's the general idea. Welcome to Keeliai."