No. [An answer that comes all too easily, all too quickly. Though Natasha pardons her Pepper still feels the weight of it, because there are things she adamantly refuses to tell. One secret she'll keep safe no matter what happens is her very last memory of home. But there's more than just that, and though Bucky has already filled in many of the details, Pepper knows Natasha should hear it from her.

She doesn't want to tell. But she has to.]

They wanted to make Tony desperate, but it was more than that. I used to work for Killian, a long time ago. He was infatuated with me, and that never stopped. He wanted--[She sucks in a slow breath, her voice catching as she remembers looking into Killian's face, seeing him toy with the word.]

He wanted me for a trophy.