For once, Pepper lets the silence sit, rather than trying to fill the empty space. She holds her elbows, looking oddly vulnerable even though she's wearing armor. When Tony speaks, she just shakes her head.

"Not yet. We've got bits and pieces, but nothing solid. I think Yuri might know more, he's been keeping an eye on the Justicar personally." She bites her lip, thinking. "I ran into Gene on one of our patrols. There was something we noticed, partly because they were hard to track and we lost them a few times. They seem to know their way around a lot better than they should for people who are supposed to have been here for the first time. How much do you know about the first time they tried to invade?"