[ Yes please, let's just ignore the awkward elephant in the room. Not like they haven't had practice. ]

It does, yes. [ And it's... strange. Bruce was so used to being the one behind the others for months or years, that now seeing Tony from all the way back when they first met actually throws him for a loop. ] I'm from a little further ahead. A year, give or take. There are others from our world here, they're all from ahead of me. Ahead of us, actually. At least one of them you haven't even met yet, but she'll definitely recognize you.