"Oh! I thought you'd been keeping secrets about special powers." It was an attempt at teasing, but not a very good one. He sighed and gave a slight shrug, forcing a smile, "Hey, it's ok. I'm sorry to pry. Really. We don't have to talk about such things. Sorry . . ."

It didn't assuage his curiosity, but there was no way he was going to force Billy to go to dark places he didn't want to go. No, he wouldn't ask again, and he'd just hope the same thing really didn't happen back home. But he had a sick feeling it was well on the way to becoming reality for him too. Though why Tony, of all people, would side with the government . . .

"So . . . besides flying. Anything else you're just dying to do with me?" It wasn't a good conversational skip, but he tried.