"Gasp, the great Tony Stark has been bested by magical turtle alien dimensions?!" Pepper teases. Now that she's had some time to absorb all of this information (as well as the tea - Gene wasn't wrong), she's starting to feel more normal.

Just as with the mention of Zanru, Pepper's expression hardens at the explanation of Yunxu and the Snakes.

"You're saying a lot of words that I both don't understand and really don't like at the same time." Gangs. Power plays. Violence. "Just like home," she muses absently.