"That sounds ... very wise, Mr. Parker. It's a deal."

And it meant Tony might be able to steal more time with him. Every moment suddenly felt like something he didn't deserve with a person that half of his heart still didn't know what to do with the absence of. It was almost worse. Than if he'd have seen Peter go in some other way. But he'd just melted away, like some sick joke, becsuse Tony had failed him.

"There's some new stuff I'm thinking of trying out, anyway. Got a lot of tinkering to be doing. Had an idea for ... something interesting."