Pepper doesn't say anything.

She doesn't act immediately either, rubbing the back of her neck with a foreleg, trying to look away to give Black Hawk her privacy, but even a flint heart like her has her limits. Something melts inside of her and quite suddenly she grabs Black Hawk with her hooves, wrapping a wing around the both of them and just tries--however awkwardly-- to hold her new friend.

"I really suck at this," she whispers in embarrassment, "But just take your time..."