Pepper didn't usually spend much time in Tony's lab here in Keeliai, since it doesn't double as their base of superhero operations. But she's more than a little unhappy about this salt, and especially concerned about what Yunxu wants with it, and Tony is the best. He's got a good extraction technique down, and now they're trying to find out what else this stuff can do.

She turns at the sound of the door opening; Cain is already here, and now another visitor? Busy day.

"Oh, hey Valdis," she says with a smile. Given how hesitant the woman had been about seeing Tony at the house, there must be a very important reason for her being here. "What's up?"