Pepper Potts was supposed to be a superhero. Right now, though, she really didn't feel like it. Her job, and Tony's job, and probably Gene's job, was to protect people. To fight the bad guys and take on the enemies that normal civilians couldn't.

Instead, she had done nothing, save preventing Tony from going nuclear on the Chihuelans. It didn't feel good to do nothing, but Klaus made a very salient point. Something else was going on, but as of yet that was unclear, and without understanding the playing field, they could endanger all of Keeliai.

So now she's sulking, basically, in a public area near where the Chihuelans are staying at the college. Pepper spends most of her time glaring at watching the area, but occasionally jots down notes or doodles, trying to connect the dots.