[Steve says nothing about the pencil or how he thinks it was used as a distraction, not something that actually accidentally happened. Tony can have that moment of covering up his pride.

Instead he taps his pencil on his paper and looks contemplative.]

I'm not saying I'll understand or even follow what your saying, just that you can talk, I'll listen, and chime in where I do understand.

And yeah, i could see you setting a kid on fire.