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[stabilizing]

[Pepper's job title may have CEO of Stark Industries, but there were days that she thought her job was something more along the lines of "Official Babysitter to Tony Stark."

Today was one of those days. But at least Tony could tie his shoes by himself. It was the little things like that that made her job easier.]

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[Pepper is finishing up a conversation with Tony on the phone as she finally manages to pull herself away from everything to meet Betty.]

No--no, I don't really think that's a good id--fine, just be careful. Bye.

[And she smiles at Betty.]

Sorry about that.

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Oh, it's no problem. [Betty smiles politely and pushes her glasses up slightly.]

You must be a very busy person. Actually I'm a little surprised that I'm meeting the CEO, I thought I'd just give this report in to one of the research managers?

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That would normally be the case, but this one was important. And if I have the time, I like to meet the people who do research for us.

[wereokay]

That is a very refreshing philosophy. [Betty stands up and offers her hand.] Dr. Elizabeth Ross.

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[Pepper takes it, and shakes it.] Virginia Potts. You can call me Pepper, though. Everyone else does.

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Betty, then, for me. [This is going rather well, which is a nice change of pace.]

You know, it was a surprise that Stark Industries wanted to branch out into the cellular biology world. [Though post weaponry, the company really could do just about anything it liked.] The applications to tie in with clean energy aren't exactly obvious.

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We just like to have all of our bases covered. You never know when something like this will come in handy.