Then maybe you're the ones who are being affected by whatever you think is going on. [Because Pepper is every bit as certain of her reality as Tony seems to be of his. She has memories of growing up among the Liddells, of entering the business world to gain experience for handling the family finances. Of the difficulties of hiding her curse outside of her family, and of growing so fond of Tony she dared to defy their will for him.

She can remember that moment when he decided it didn't matter; that he loved her more than he hated or feared what she became.

Now none of that seems to exist for him. He's insistent that she's the one confused, that her world and her life is the lie. She knows it can't be easy to think that way, but being pushed back to a place of doubt she hasn't had to experience in years isn't any more pleasant.]

Whichever one of us is right--[and clearly, that's a point they aren't going to agree on]--we still have to deal with this. This is what I am.