Tony offered Steph a faint smile. He did worry, a lot. It seamed no matter how much good he did, he was always going to be the war mongering bastard his father and Obi had raised him to be. He was trying so hard to be a better person… he WAS a better person… he supposed maybe Pepper was right. His friends knew he was trying, that was what mattered right? Pepper had said she was proud of him and that had made him feel good for days. “..sorry for yelling.” Tony said, looking at the dad rather sheepishly. “jerk reaction that I’m working on.” and that was true as well. “i’m glad your kids are alright.” he admitted.<br/><br/>“yeah that’s never going to come out even with dry cleaning.” Tony admitted as he poked at Johnny’s shirt. “I should make something for that. I’ll talk to Bruce.” he decided before looking at Bucky. “you okay big guy?” “yes.” that meant no. Bucky still didn't do too well about yelling and tended to pull back into himself. But he hadn’t started swinging and he was still contained and calm so he’d be fine. He just needed time to let the adrenaline come down. “i’ll stay with Buckaroo.” he promised Steph, he was strangely good at calming Bucky when he was like this.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>“of course asgard has schools.” Loki teased, amused. “we are a…. I forget how you call it. Higher society? No that’s for rich people…” he frowned for a moment and then waved it off. “we are advanced at any rate. Every child must learn to read, write, do math, learn history and other such things. Education is important. Thor and I where home-schooled. Thor by tutors who, well. Didn’t teach him much at all. How do you force a child to learn when your not allowed to scold him?” Loki huffed. “I was taught by my mother after the tutors verbally abused me for being ‘a freak’… honestly I think the only person who didn’t know of my true heritage was me.” Loki admitted with a sigh before he laughed bitterly.<br/><br/>“Thor tries hard these days. He wants to be better than Odin, but he still puts too much trust in his father. The entire palace knew what I was and they made sure I knew they knew even if I didn’t know. They ignored me, belittled me, in some cases abused me verbally.” he shook his head. “the outspoken ones where replaced quite swiftly, I’m sure at my mothers insistence. Or maybe Odin’s so I wouldn’t find out. Thor didn’t know so he assumes that everyone was the same. Truth is, everyone knew, even his best friends. They where just not allowed to say anything. Sif in particular never trusted me. Although that might be because she called me nasty names and I retaliated by cutting her hair off.” he snickered. “I don’t know why she was complaining. She rather had been complaining about her hair anyway. And I didn’t even cut that much off. It still fell to her shoulders.”<br/><br/>“I think that’s exactly what they do. I know they’re loud enough after the argument as they are during the argument.” Loki admitted. “that might just be because they like sex though. And I would be delighted to teach you, Natasha as well if she likes. I cannot teach the men though, this style is not for men to use against women.” he explained. “and if you are caught teaching males, there could be problems from the Council of Womanhood.” he admitted. “so I will need your Oaths not to teach men.”