Damn, Cal is good. Sherlock is impressed by his attention to detail. If Sherlock had to be completely honest, he would admit that he is also a little touched by the solidarity.

"I'm more like the power in front," Obadiah jokes, all innocence (but that, too, is a little overplayed). "Public relations was never Howard's specialty."

He never talks about Howard this much in front of Tony. Sherlock supposes that is a form of kindness.

It's not strictly true, though. Howard Stark was pretty good at PR. He left it to Obie for convenience more than anything.