"You're teaching." Pepper is not sure what to say to that. Gene always had this 'holier than thou' attitude and was always irritated whenever they didn't know as much as he did. "Well, it's a lot better than seeing you beat Tony up and way more productive." She thinks about this for a moment. "Could you teach me to beat people up? You know, without the armor."

It's almost as good as getting to arrest people and is probably good training for when she does try to arrest someone, which, let's be honest, is inevitable.