Yeah, it's a vivid image, and one he's not particularly glad to describe in any amount of detail, but that's the blunt truth of the matter and it seems like it might shock Tony enough to benefit him an prevent him from overthinking it too much.

"Don't be ridiculous," he says gently. "I am weak, but at the very least I like to think that I'm not so weak that I'll do something so irrational and stupid as 'turning' on someone so important to me."