"Don't-" he cuts in sharply before he realizes, softening because she's owed it, she's owed more than anything he can offer to her here, now, pulling up short so he can turn back to her with his heart is still ringing in his ears. "I'm not your husband, Pepper. I'm not. You have- no idea what I've done to build this city, what I've aided and abetted to get where I am now."

"The best thing that you can do for yourself, for him and for your daughter right here, right now, is go. Run. There is nothing I can do to protect you, not anymore."