Re: In the Lab: Bruce B / Pepper P
No and no. [Pepper's voice was light, the careless kind of breezy that suggested absolutely nothing was wrong with either question. It reminded her of years past, of Valentines, of those who believed stubbornly in the threads that tied her to their time, and pattern of events. She pleated the edge of a napkin, and smiled briefly at the assertiveness of Bruce's appetite. Yes, he was the same.]
I've been acting CEO before. When Tony was incapacitated, and the board appointed me as a temporary measure. And we went through a brief interlude where we might have, but events... [A vague wave of the hand, events as easily dismissed as steam might be dissipated.] It didn't work out. [And then she nudged something deliberately and delicately, a small instrument that rose into the air slowly, revolved and then set down.]