[Maybe that's the most amazing part about the conversation for Pepper: Billy just did what he thought was right.]

I'd say you're not anywhere close to that way.

[She gives his hand a little squeeze before pulling it away. Then Billy calls Tony a man-child among the compliments, and Pepper has to laugh.]

Oh, he definitely can be. I'll warn you now: if you hang around with him long enough, it almost becomes endearing.

[Thank Luceti, Pepper supposes, for otherwise impossible opportunities.]