[Pepper watches in fascination as the spoon lifts on its own; one of the powers Susan had mentioned before. That isn't the biggest surprise, however, and Pepper stares at Susan when she mentions an all too familiar name.]
Billy? [As in, the Fanboy. The sweet kid who does their laundry and cleans their house because he loves Iron Man that much. Pepper lets out a slow breath, then nods.] Yes, I'm definitely going to have to speak with him. [But carefully. Susan may know a fair bit about alternate timelines, but possibly not about alternate times, and Pepper doesn't want to accidentally reveal something about Billy's future to him.]
Not just them. Anyone, Mrs. Richards--Susan. [Since the other woman has used Pepper's first name several times now, she feels okay doing the same.] Tony has people he's close to here.
[She shakes her head then.] No questions, no. But another request. Howard doesn't know that Tony's his son. He's from a time before Tony was born, and Tony hasn't told him. Not yet.
[Hopefully the rest can be left unsaid, due to obvious implications.]
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Billy? [As in, the Fanboy. The sweet kid who does their laundry and cleans their house because he loves Iron Man that much. Pepper lets out a slow breath, then nods.] Yes, I'm definitely going to have to speak with him. [But carefully. Susan may know a fair bit about alternate timelines, but possibly not about alternate times, and Pepper doesn't want to accidentally reveal something about Billy's future to him.]
Not just them. Anyone, Mrs. Richards--Susan. [Since the other woman has used Pepper's first name several times now, she feels okay doing the same.] Tony has people he's close to here.
[She shakes her head then.] No questions, no. But another request. Howard doesn't know that Tony's his son. He's from a time before Tony was born, and Tony hasn't told him. Not yet.
[Hopefully the rest can be left unsaid, due to obvious implications.]