[ Tony doesn't say anything, but he's watching Adrien pace with the same dangerously perceptive look he uses on complex mechanical devices that aren't quite working the way they're supposed to. Like when he's trying to isolate which part(s) aren't functioning, and why.

The look lingers for a beat too long before he deigns to answer the question. ]

Probably. [ He just shrugs, like that one dismissive gesture can encapsulate his entire opinion of this place's authority figures. ] The people around here aren't stupid - well, most of them, anyway. If the info were offered up just by sitting down for tea, I'm damn sure we wouldn't be in this position.