"Oh, don't worry, I've got it all set up, I just come up with new ideas and pass the blueprints down - I just spent a few years doing not much of anything, honestly, and the business kept going. It sounds horrible, but I flew to another universe or something, I figure I owe myself the time off." He waved it off. "And please. Tony. I don't want father flashbacks."

Jim snorted softly, but as he saw things were mostly done, he shrugged to himself. "I'm going to get a shower," he said, "then I'm going to get some sleep, too. Since we have two bathrooms now, anybody needs it, go to the other one."

And that, he figured, was the only statement he needed before he headed to do just what he said he'd do.