Excuse you, I'm nineteen. [She crosses her arms in mock offense.] And I'm helping run the force on top of working for it, just so you know.

[Pepper can't help but laugh quietly, and it's vaguely wistful.]

I've been told since I was twelve that I wasn't supposed to go after the bad guys, and if I'd listened to my dad and the rest of his FBI friends then I wouldn't have ended up taking on supervillains and saving the world. I get that I'm young, and I know that you're teasing, that's fine, but it's like no one takes me seriously until I'm wearing armor.