There were at least three things in that statement Pepper doesn't like, and another six that she's downright aghast to hear about.

"I- That- Six? Just because you've died before doesn't make dying again any less serious," she argues, gripping the staff tightly. "Like, sure, yes, I can understand why he did it and even understand why he would ever do something like that." Gene had told her what his stepfather had done, and now a lot more made sense about his behavior in general. "And maybe Keeliai is the kind of place where you can just get over being murdered. But what he did was vicious, and I know he still feels guilty about that, and he probably always will, but... You have to wake up every morning and see what he did to you." She glances down to where Bakura's scars are beneath his shirt. "How does knowing why he killed you make remember that any easier?"