Tony twitched his fingers and gave Kate a very tight, very strained smile. Julian's words got to him, more than he wanted to admit. Didn't help that his natural Rage was broiling underneath the surface. His inner beast wanted to tear Julian apart, make him submit, hurt him. Instead, he forced it back, resisted the urge to shift to war-form and show Julian just how much of a mess he could make when he was pissed.

"Rather be a dog than a sleaze-bag. 'least a dog can have friends."