He takes a deep breath. "Okay," he says, and slowly - slowly! - reaches for the radio clipped to his belt. Pepper's always been a bit twitchy, and he doesn't particularly want to end up repulsored for his pains.

Still looking at Pepper, he activates his radio and punches in Tony's code (he's memorized it by now).

"Tony?" he says, keeping his tone light. "You'll never guess who I just found."