[ "A credit to himself," ha. Tony himself is the only one who knows how deeply that entire experience has fucked him up, so he's not about to do too much self back-patting. He opts to not even address that part.

He just watches Adrien like a hawk - notes the liberal use of "we" - and tries to decide whether he's getting through or not. It seems like he is, at least, which is good enough for now. ]

No offense, [ said in a tone that implies full offense ] but I don't think sitting on your hands suits you anyway.

You're right, we're gonna fuck up, but as far as I can tell, the only thing worse than that is apathy. [ He thinks about all the years he spent blind to Stane's wrongdoings because he'd been so wrapped up in anything but what mattered. That's exactly the kind of person he never wants to be again. ] I'm sure there's some psychology text somewhere that could back me up, but I'm just gonna take credit for it, because I said it.

[ And anyway, a guy who gets spat out in a different dimension and still prioritizes fixing the messes of his previous one is hardly the kind of person who'd be content to sit back and let someone else deal with the important problems. ]