Well. If it's gotten this far, Raine must presume Pepper knows what she's doing, but even so... "Perhaps we should talk more in detail later." Gently, with a nod to Joanne. "Such things seem like they would be difficult to discuss around a parent."

And Raine is -- at least to Pepper -- not really a parental figure. Her phrasing, perhaps tellingly, speaks of someone who doesn't actually have all that much experience with them.

"Fourteen years... I see." Raine grimaces faintly. "My apologies."