Oh, good. He's the type to just go and do rather than fuss about better options or whether or not Pepper knows what she's talking about. What he comes back with is optimal as far as material, even if it takes a little while for him to retrieve it.

"Awesome. Okay, put it so it's even across where the column is breaking." If it needs more support on the other side, that'll at least be a stop-gap. "This is gonna be super, super bright so you need to look away," she instructs him. Using a narrow-beam repulsor wasn't unlike using an arc welder, and she didn't want to blind him before they even got started.

She takes a moment to adjust the armor settings, sending additional power to the servos in the armor's leg and shoulder joints - she'll only have one hand to steady the beam and while that won't change much, this would be a bad time to become unbalanced. "Alright, here we go." Once Zephyr has the support piece held in place, Pepper shifts into position and turns on one of the repulsors to seal the two bits of metal together.

"And Tony says I don't know anything about engineering," she adds cheerfully while she works, the armor's speakers loud enough to be heard over the sparking metal.