[Tony startles at the outburst, drawing back in surprise and pulling his hands away from Gene. He starts to ask what's wrong, if he did something he shouldn't have, but a blur of white catches his attention and his head snaps up to spot--
No, that's. That's ridiculous. There's a ghost in the room. Why would there be a ghost in a London hotel room? Probably because there are a lot of dead people in London. If ghosts were even real, which, okay, wouldn't be the weirdest thing he'd ever dealt with. The important thing is that there's a potentially hostile entity in the room and he should probably do something about it.
This all flashes through Tony's head in about five seconds, but all he actually says, as he scrambles to his knees on the bed, putting himself between Gene and the ghost, is--]
Don't worry, I've handled this kind of thing before. Just stay back.
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No, that's. That's ridiculous. There's a ghost in the room. Why would there be a ghost in a London hotel room? Probably because there are a lot of dead people in London. If ghosts were even real, which, okay, wouldn't be the weirdest thing he'd ever dealt with. The important thing is that there's a potentially hostile entity in the room and he should probably do something about it.
This all flashes through Tony's head in about five seconds, but all he actually says, as he scrambles to his knees on the bed, putting himself between Gene and the ghost, is--]
Don't worry, I've handled this kind of thing before. Just stay back.