@xstentatious continued from here
"A girl's gotta eat, Tony. Paychecks help with that." Maria reminded him dryly, settling back in her chair. If he thought she was leaving before she’d actually seen him eat, he’d be in for a rude surprise. She raised an eyebrow at him, a grin tugging at the corner of her mouth. "Thought you didn't trust people who did things out of the goodness of their hearts."
She watched him spin in his chair as he explained what he was working on, frowning a little. Maria was pretty sure that the deployment methods for his suits were as advanced as he could make them, but then again --- Tony always did improve on his own work. "Smaller than your briefcase suit but easier to use than your implants? Not that the implants aren’t cool, but they make it hard for other people to use your suits." She asked, leaning forward and poking at the award on his desk just to bother him. "I dropped your name, so ten minutes at the most, I’d think.”