[ he laughs at that, and this time it holds. hank's dog is great, but that isn't why he asked okay. ]

In that case... [ tony cradles either side of sumo's massive face and looks into his eyes. ] Do you want to be BFF?

[ then blithely to hank: ] He can make his own decisions, you know.

[ he's just being goofy for the sake of it now, and maybe because he's exhausted, too. he visibly sobers as worst case scenarios of the next world run through his head. ]

Here's hoping we don't get separated again.