There's a Starman

Tony could sympathise with Ziggy's plight. The fact that he was an alien was something that could be seen as taboo in some societies. A time long past where aliens were thrust under the harsh lab table light and picked apart like an animal. That part sickened Tony who knew that at least the world he lived in accepted aliens for who and what they were. There was always going to be some which held onto archaic views regarding anything strange and different.

"Oh, you mean this? It's my Arc Reactor. It was fixed to my chest when I was involved in an explosion which nearly killed me. Shrapnel pieces digging into my heart. This acts like a magnet keeping the pieces away from my heart. They've all been removed now though. It's mainly for a keepsake more than anything."

Since his heart wasn't in any danger of being pierced. The Reactor though? He just hadn't bothered getting it removed. It was part of him.

"What can you see, Ziggy? When you see my Reactor? Lucifer can see the rings of the magnetic field and radiation waves. Just wondered what an Anthean can see."

As for taking Ziggy's boots off, Tony smirked and slid a hand down one of the boots, squeezing the man's leg softly.