"Oh," she issues quietly. It's not until then that she stops to consider this. No, he's probably never had to split rent with a roommate. And his old habits were widely known and publicized; Pepper hazards a guess there's never been an actual girlfriend.
"If it's any consolation, I'm not very used to it, either," she finally ventures. "Not very recently, anyway." Which is true, but she's not sure if that's any help here. Probably not. Plus she can't shake the feeling that she's just a guest -- which is exactly what she is, in reality. Her manners are telling her to disrupt his life and living arrangements as little as possible, which goes contradictory to the assignment.
"Look, you don't have to... worry about all that. It's okay. I mean, you're not obligated to do anything you don't feel like while I'm here, or anything." She smothers a noise of frustration at herself, knowing she's not making any sense. She's also not entirely catching onto the underlying issue Tony has, here.
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Date: 2015-11-07 08:49 pm (UTC)"If it's any consolation, I'm not very used to it, either," she finally ventures. "Not very recently, anyway." Which is true, but she's not sure if that's any help here. Probably not. Plus she can't shake the feeling that she's just a guest -- which is exactly what she is, in reality. Her manners are telling her to disrupt his life and living arrangements as little as possible, which goes contradictory to the assignment.
"Look, you don't have to... worry about all that. It's okay. I mean, you're not obligated to do anything you don't feel like while I'm here, or anything." She smothers a noise of frustration at herself, knowing she's not making any sense. She's also not entirely catching onto the underlying issue Tony has, here.