Loki's eyes brightened. "you have managed to connect a soul to our technology!" he declared, looking delighted. "oh you must let me look at him!" he pleaded, Steve chuckling. "no Loki. Tony didn't attach a soul. Jarvis became sentient and aware of himself and sort of grew his own soul." "...amazing!" if anything Loki looked even more impressed. "i know Tony. we trust Thor and Loki though right?" he asked with a smile. "you'll soon be free. no one will be able to use it against you again."
Clint mumbled a little and shved his face into her hip. "no. i'm not. shh. sleepy time is now." he mumbled, clearly he was awake but didn't want to be. "i feel as if i got run over by a truck. did i get run over last night?" he asked, rubbing his eyes.
Tony was a floor down in a room that glowed green. killing off any sort of germ, bug, virus or particle of dust that might infect Tony while Loki worked. Steve was there, occasionally wiping Loki's forehead since he was sweating while he reached through Tony's body as if it was a hologram and slowly, carefully lifted out one piece of shrapnel at a time. "this is the last one. it's the hardest too. get the paddles ready." he ordered. "once this is done, we'll be able to remove the life support system. the, Arc reactor he called it? may very well have been supporting his heart, so it may cause breathing problems and heart palpitations once it's removed. it should cause no real damage nor threaten his life." Loki admitted, taking a moment to catch his breath. "resuscitation ready?" there was a zapping sound and then a whirr of a noise. "ready." "here we go." Loki stated, carefully reaching into Tony's body, carefully, carefully gripping the last piece and slowly, carefully moved it. if Tony's heart failed, Loki would abandon the piece and Steve would start the resuscitation process. once Tony was stable, Loki could remove it like the other pieces, now that it was away from Tony's heart.