"That explains how it can be tainted- and why it sings." Tony had long since had Adelaide's peculiar way of speaking of spirits and Magic and the fade explained to him- honestly he had a large part in helping her learn how to articulate it. "Attempting to extract the shard, currently, is impossible. The Lyrium is not only knitting your flesh closed constantly but beginning to fuse with the bone it rests on. Attempting to remove the generator and the shard would likely kill you."

Let it never be said Tony couldn't find creative ways to hurt himself. To think that she'd missed him and the trouble he brought.

"We do not know what the long term effects of having that shard are- let alone in conjunction with this thing you've decided to make." That it is meant to work with- no, to power if his ramblings were remembered properly- the suit wasn't in question. If he wore it, it worked.