"T-thank you, Miss Pepper. That means a lot coming from a beautiful dame- woman, I mean woman." He should stop talking now. Or figure out how to receive compliments from women. Either would be great. The last thing Steve wanted to be was impolite.

"I haven't. Don't really have the looks to be on that." His tone was light despite those words. But Pepper really seemed to think that she knew him, or at least thought he was familiar from somewhere. Maybe he could help make things less confusing. "If I may ask, what year are you from? Lot of folks here are from a further time period than me."