[ Well, he softens a little bit, because, okay, organizing things is Pepper's Iron Man, he figures. It's as close to what he assumes she feels useful for as he does with his own projects, so he can let her do that. He'll have to come up with a longer list than Roslyn, Max, and 'maybe my roommates'. Especially since now that he considers that, he's pretty sure it's a list of all women, and he's not sure how well that will go over. ]

It's been a long time since I was at a good gathering. A really long time. I think the last one was in the wild west, actually. And before that, Versailles. [ It's a weird life here. But, whatever, he rests a hand on her knee because it's been like a while four minutes since they were touching each other. ] You want a tour? I can show you all the sights - it'll be a short tour, but. You can see my workshop and my moderately new HQ, it's pretty cool. I'll save the list of best bars for later - or just leave it to Ros, she's the one who compiled it. But I mean, there's a garden and stuff, Anora made that one. She's not here anymore either, but you'd've liked her. She and Emma reminded me a lot of you. Blonde bossy ladies who knew their shit well. But most people who're here for a while make something kind of neat. Or we can do something else. You wanna make out again?