Pepper gives him a look right back, a flat stare. The kind Tony's been on the receiving end from her too many times to count, probably.

"So, the stuff you're going through is... your wife is -- literally -- out to kill you?" She breathes an incredulous half-laugh with no actual mirth involved. "You sure know how to pick 'em, Mr. Stark."

Okay, no, she's not here to judge. (Much.) Shaking a head, she turns more serious and forges on. "Come with me. There's a whole world out there to disappear into, I assume."