Well, if it keeps Zelos talking, this is better than nothing. "Yeah, that's him. We went to high school together. He pretended to be our friend but he was using us to find these super powerful pieces of alien tech." She doesn't want to get too specific and rat out Gene; this was the darkest part of his past. "He didn't realize they would bring down Armageddon on everyone's heads."

Pepper drinks some of her tea and sighs again. "Turns out his whole life was pretty messed up. It makes sense. People don't become supervillains when everything is going right in their lives. But he got the chance to change here. He's grown a lot."