[Training Grounds]

Pepper trots up to the dummy, braces a hoof against it, and starts yanking on her spear.

"Wowie zowie, that's really stuck in there..." she mutters as she pulls on it. Just. NNNGH! PULL! RRRGH! Oof. That's just not wanting to come out. Pepper glowers at the spear, rolls her shoulders, squares her hooves, and-

Oh no her butt is talking to her!

"What."

She glances back over her shoulder.

Oh wait, not, that's just a colorful talking bird perched on her butt.

"Do I know you, bird?" she asks, momentarily puzzled. It doesn't take long for a look of recognition to dawn. "Oh the deli! Spako? Since when were you a bird?" she asks. "You're an awfully shiny bird."

Possibly the shiniest bird Pepper has ever seen.

"The armor doesn't pinch but it feels gross. It's the iron, it has to be," she replies after a few seconds of thought. "I should probably feed it some new metal that isn't iron. Also find a faerie deli that makes a good hero sandwich. Because what other kind of sandwich would a HERO have for lunch!"