Well to be fair, I wasn't trying to blow a hole in the wall. [His gun is on a lower setting at the moment; though the event is undeniably a horrible one, he doubts he'll need anything more than the ability to stun someone should they attempt to cross the threshold of his room or take out their frustrations on him. Yet he can't help but be amused by her reactions, in spite of everything going on around them. A safer topic indeed, and Rip has always enjoyed the look in a person's eye when they get to experience some new bit of technology.

Even if Peggy has apparently seen something similar before.]

You do realize I'll be expecting this back. [He turns the gun with practiced ease before offering to Peggy, handle first.] It's got a miniature photonic device in it. Maybe not enough to disintegrate entire walls in one blast, but it will get the job done when I need it to.