It was impossible to listen to what he was telling her without feeling sadness - immortality seems nice on the surface but it also means lifetime after lifetime of losing people, even for mundane reasons. That Cain is as sane as he is must be some kind of miracle, although doubtless there are a lot of hidden mental scars that he has to carry. She shifts in her seat and reaches into her bag.

"I don't have something quite as good as immortality for that kind of thing, but I wouldn't have gotten hurt. I'm going to invite a friend in to prove it to you, if that's okay," Pepper says firmly. She pulls a card from her bag and holds it between her index and middle finger. "May I?"