"You mean after the ship? Yeah, I'm okay. So is everyone else. When did you come from? I'm from a day after the invasion." Still grinning, Tony stands and pulls Pepper to her feet.

"I know it sounds crazy, but it's all true. Different dimension, giant turtle - but there's not two of us, exactly. Time is frozen back home, so it's more like we get pulled into another dimension temporarily and then returned to exactly when and where we left. Which is... almost weirder. But that's how it works."

Now that she's standing, he looks Pepper over and realizes she's looking a bit shell-shocked and unsteady on her feet. Understandably. "How are you feeling? There's a tea shop a couple blocks away. We can sit down and explain everything."