Tony might try to brush that off with a joke, normally, but he's not at the top of his game right now, between the recent apocalypse and being mysteriously kidnapped to another dimension. He's also not used to people not knowing about his situation, so the question takes him a little by surprise.

"...My dad disappeared in a plane crash," he blurts. "So. Uh. There wasn't anyone to homeschool me." Whoops. "But yeah, there were cute girls. At school." Too late, Tony, you already made it weird. He rubs the back of his neck and winces.

In the hopes of directing the conversation elsewhere, Tony turns back to the subject of SHIELD. "Me and the director don't always get along, but he knows I'm the best. And my dad designed a lot of the tech they use on the Helicarrier, so when he was gone, I was the only person who could fix it."