|| Allow me to take the opportunity on #MyTwitterAnniversary to give thanks to the mind behind Pepper Potts - she is one of my closest friends and I owe so very much to her, not least of all the opportunity to write this dysfunctional dork. <3

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- he chalked up to his good fortune. One of them was a name - Miles Reinhardt. S.H.I.E.L.D.’s chief analyst, it --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- transpired, and an absolute tech nut. So Nick Fury had said to him, at any rate. He was in the neighbourhood for --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- some upgrades, and the Director had brought this to Tony’s attention, suggesting he get in touch with the --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- fellow. “And what exactly should I say when I contact him, hm? Aren't you people meant to be super secretive about --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- your work? Wouldn't he have to kill me if he told me things” Tony deflected with his usual sarcasm, only to conceal --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- his genuine interest in meeting Miles. He seemed another worthy prospect to give the patented Tony Stark --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- leg-up. “Talk about coding or motherboards or whatever it is you techies get so excited about,” Fury had said --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- dismissively, his usual stern edge very much audible, “He's big into that stuff too; you'll get along like a house --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- on fire.” “I'll think about it,” had been Tony’s non-committal response, a rather thinly-veiled one at that.He’d --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- thought about it and made his decision in a matter of microseconds. But the Director didn't need to know that. A --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- few days later, sat at his computer, he decides to put a test to the young analyst. Using the contact info he --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- received from Fury, he sends Miles an email. Not any ordinary email, however. It was very sparse, even as cold --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- introductions go, only reading: ‘Message attached below. To anyone skilled enough to unlock it. Tony --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- Stark’ Enclosed was an encrypted video, locked up by Stark personally. It was far from the belt-and-braces, --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- nigh-impregnable encryption he normally used, but a more rudimentary offshoot that — with the right mind examining --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- it — was perfectly decryptable. Tony called it a gamble. Not just on the reputation that Fury had set up for the --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- man, but on his own hunch. He had a feeling S.H.I.E.L.D. had some exceptional minds in their ranks. Here was the --

[Mɪʟᴇs Rᴇɪɴʜᴀʀᴅᴛ] -- test to see if that was indeed the case. Stark was hopeful that Miles wouldn't fail.

"Anti-oxidants, gallic acid, fibres. I could go on." #FYI