on realizing his best friend is the burd

[rhodeing]

This is your fault. Yeah, you at the keyboard. It's all your fault!

I was happy when I was just Lieutenant Colonel and working for the government. Then you pull me out and put me in weird situations, and now my best friend is a bird that I named Horatio after I kind of almost killed its previous owner, and my previous best friend spends all of his time making fun of me. No matter which version of him I run into.

This is ridiculous!

And I'm not whining! Get me out of here!

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[manofiron]

Excuse you? I do what?

[rhodeing]

Did I stutter?

[manofiron]

When the hell do I make fun of you?

[therealgenius]

Keep bitching. Seriously. It's therapeutic.

[ferric]

[ Okay, wait, first of all: ]

It's a— It's a bird, how does it understand grammar.

[theburd]

[ Aren't you happy having Horatio as a friend, Rhodey? ]

[like_a_gerbil]

For a second, I thought that you meant Tony got...

[It isn't that crazy that Tony could be turned into a bird. He knows a Tony who got turned into a panther and Steve's mundane turns him into a wolf regularly.]

Where did you find Horatio?

[butwhytho]

I know these feels.

[rhodeing]

For me or for you?

[therealgenius]

This timing is perfect, that's all.

[rhodeing]

You don't know about the bird, man? Vanko's bird, back to haunt me from the grave. Or, something. I don't know! It's a genius!

[rhodeing]

[He is, he is! Please don't peck his eyes out.]

Don't look at me like that. I'm not mad at you.

[rhodeing]

No, no, as far as I know, Tony Stark's still human.

He found me. He uh-- we have a complicated history.

[theburd]

Do you wish me to leave?

[rhodeing]

I don't know if I'm comforted or freaked out.

[rhodeing]

No, not right now.

See, this is why I hate this place. Too many of one person. I can't handle it.

[rhodeing]

No. Not at all. Really. I uh-- I appreciate that you're my friend.

[veryastute]

My apologies on Mr Stark's behalf, Colonel Rhodes. To be quite fair, though, I'm not certain Mr Stark quite knows how to interact with people otherwise.

[rhodeing]

No. Well, yes. It's a general attitude toward me that I've noticed. It's not a big deal. Don't worry about it, man.

[rhodeing]

Almost every single time we're together. I told you: it's better for our friendship if we don't hang out.

[rhodeing]

You don't have to apologize for him, Jarvis. It'd be nice if he apologized for himself.

[rhodeing]

[NAH, don't feel bad. Rhodey's a drama queen.]

Too right, man. I just want to go home.

[veryastute]

I'm afraid that might be asking too much, Sir.

[rhodeing]

No, thank god she won't app me to one. I'd go insane.

You in one?

[rhodeing]

I know it is.