"Oh, I rather like it." He touches the edge of the bruise and grins. "A reminder of a more pleasant time. Thank you, but I think I shall keep it while it lasts."

(As he thought, then, Alec Carrow died in a demon attack. A summoning gone wrong, at that. He thinks of Tony's parents—of a drunken Howard Stark driving off a cliff with his wife in the passenger seat. Tragic.)