"Riiiight. And hip is worse than any of the above how, exactly?" I wonder aloud, shooting her a look before I turn into my Victorian lab-slash-workshop. It's actually smaller than it usually is when things are more tropical themed, but the atmosphere inside more than makes up for the lack of space, the sort of thing that looks like it comes straight out of a movie. I half-expect Tesla to pop out at any second.

Well. The real Tesla. Not so much the guy who crashes Tony's classes.

"Yanno, I don't think I ever got the slang even when I was your claimed age."