"If I knew that, do you think I'd still be here?"

For Pepper's cold, chilly fervor, Stark returns her volley with simmering heat, walking back to stand toe to toe with her.

"I've spent the last ten years trying to get home. Trying to get all of us home, every imPort on this whole godforsaken rock. Nothing. Works. I've built the Porter so many times I could do it in my sleep, but it doesn't. matter. You could disappear home tomorrow, or you could be here for ten years, just like me. I'm sorry, Pepper."