[He's trying, but there's still something that makes her heart ache in the way Bruce smiles. Of course his recovery wouldn't be so simple as just getting up and doing some cleaning, but without realizing it Pepper's brought him into something that might have been normal for her only a few weeks before. She moves over to the couch, crossing one leg over the other to undo the straps of her shoes.]
What have you been working on down here, anyway? [If anything at all; Pepper knows that despite all the equipment and technology surrounding them, Bruce may have remained utterly aimless, shifting from one project to the next without the ability to focus on any of them. He needs a purpose, however, something to throw himself into that matter even if only in a small way. Otherwise Pepper would come back down there to find him in the same state--or worse, to not find him at all.
What she'd walked into had bad; if the lab had been empty, she thinks her heart might have actually broken.]
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What have you been working on down here, anyway? [If anything at all; Pepper knows that despite all the equipment and technology surrounding them, Bruce may have remained utterly aimless, shifting from one project to the next without the ability to focus on any of them. He needs a purpose, however, something to throw himself into that matter even if only in a small way. Otherwise Pepper would come back down there to find him in the same state--or worse, to not find him at all.
What she'd walked into had bad; if the lab had been empty, she thinks her heart might have actually broken.]