Of course it isn't. [But now that the shock of it is long past, and Pepper's certain her Tony is seen differently, there's something in her that needs to know.

Or maybe something that had already guessed. Billy gives her an answer a moment later, and she shakes her head slowly.]

You know, there are times I want to meet him, almost. That Tony Stark. Just to try and understand why.

[To figure out the events so Pepper could try and prevent them, even if she knows it's so much larger than her. After all, there's a version of her there too, and that hadn't made a difference.

Maybe that's why she says what she does a moment later.] I'm sorry.