[The abrupt shift in demeanor is all it takes to tell Dean he was right; he'd been bluffing, playing on a hunch from the network conversations and hallway interactions he'd seen despite never having actually spoken to the woman himself nor to Tony about her before. And he's still talking out his ass, but this isn't an unfamiliar story to him; he's fairly confident, no matter what the mysterious Pepper's personality or standing, he knows the lines.]

She cares about you and you care about her. Maybe even love. Right? What's she think about all this jackassery?