"I don't think they care about us very much either way. But I bet the Justicar would love an excuse to bring her entire military down on us," Pepper counters more gently. "Malicant... Malicant was a sadist, okay? He, it, whatever, hurt people, hurt everyone, because it amused him."
She takes a few steps forward, trying to unclench her hands, but she's wound up like a spring.
"You're right; doing nothing offensive might bring more of them. But attacking them definitely will, Tony. Right now they don't have a reason to do anything to us, or to the kedan, or to Asti. We shouldn't give them one," she urges. "And if they do come back, they'll have no idea what we're all capable of if we haven't shown them what we can do."
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Truth."I don't think they care about us very much either way. But I bet the Justicar would love an excuse to bring her entire military down on us," Pepper counters more gently. "Malicant... Malicant was a sadist, okay? He, it, whatever, hurt people, hurt everyone, because it amused him."
She takes a few steps forward, trying to unclench her hands, but she's wound up like a spring.
"You're right; doing nothing offensive might bring more of them. But attacking them definitely will, Tony. Right now they don't have a reason to do anything to us, or to the kedan, or to Asti. We shouldn't give them one," she urges. "And if they do come back, they'll have no idea what we're all capable of if we haven't shown them what we can do."