Weird is the name of the game, here. We used to have a gal that was my...hmm. [ how to put it? ] Successor. Two hundred years in the future. But--

Tony's been here for a while. Verging on an old friend, at this point.

[ they knew each others' secrets. it wasn't simple friendship; it was trust. and the slayer relaxes visibly to learn that this man was part of a team that also included iron man. ]