Adam didn't want to get into that discussion again either, so he took what was likely to be the less painful option. In the long run anyway. "No, it's one of them, 'Brian hits harder than you do' sorta things."

But the fact of the matter was that he didn't like using his powers for frivolous matters. Because only a hat became only a horse, which became only a hotel, which became only a country. Not that Pepper would ask for those things, but someone would and there'd be precedent for him having provided something else. Mostly he was scared of what he could do, so he tried to do nothing at all.