Tony watched him as he spoke--if he could do nothing else, he could give the man the respect of his attention. Cole had appeared off in another realm, but this was something even more intense (to put it mildly) than what Tony had been imagining.

"...Yeah. A bit above Bond's pay grade shit." He took a slow, meditative sip of his coffee. "Sorry to say, you ending up here won't make things any less complicated."