Admittedly, Tony's curious as to how Lydia is so accepting of his talk about his armor, and the fact that he has literally found a way to weaponize the energy source in his chest. He likes the fact that he doesn't have to navigate through skepticism, though, and he's thankful for it because Tony would rather drive straight to the point whenever possible.

The way that Lydia's eyes widen in interest as she looks up at him makes him chuckle quietly under his breath, although his own eyes venture down to the gun. "No, you probably don't."

He doesn't know if she knows Bucky, but she knows Steve. He doesn't want to get into how he discovered that he could blast body parts off by blasting Barnes' metallic arm off. Not necessarily on purpose - if he would have wanted to hurt him thatbadly he would have done it from the very beginning - but still. He really doesn't want to talk about that.

Leaving the pistol on the table, he passes a hand along his goatee. "No, not really. I'm making two. One for you, and I'll save the other one. The arc reactor needs a good jolt to bring it to life; it's literally a powerhouse. I can power up two, no problem. More than that... I'm not so sure."

He lets that linger in the air for a moment, the fact that he (or rather, the reactor in his chest) is powering up the pistols, before he shrugs slightly. "If someone is monitoring the energy levels used in this place, we won't be able to justify why we used up so much for it. No one will notice if I do it, and it'll be fine. It's just a jolt."

A very strong one, but whatever. He has dealt with worse.