[Pepper starts to giggle and covers her mouth to stifle the sound; she doesn't want the older gentleman to think she's making fun of him.]

People sometimes have strange standards for honor. Uh, sir? [She edges closer to the old man with the sword, spotting what looks like a Sentry emblem on his lapel but he's certainly past the age of being on active duty.] You've, uh, done a great service today and I'm sure Padparadscha will, um, carry this title well, but-- traffic! There's a lot of pedestrian traffic.

[She winks at the gem.] It'd probably be best to wrap this up.