[ that's better; if wanda isn't here to make friends, totally fine by pepper, but she's not one to bend very easily to others. she'd rather this be a purposeful, calm exchange of what they know — or don't know, as the case is more likely to be. a sense of helplessness, though, pepper can relate to. ]

Exactly. That seems to generally be the case, so far. [ she offers a thin smile. ] Information's pretty thin on the ground, from people here or otherwise.