[There's definitely a second there where Peter's worried that maybe now is not the time to be a little jokey-joke bullshitter, but it turns out that's exactly what this situation needed. He's gonna call this one a win. Since Ben seems to be taking this awful joke well, not to mention looking way better, Peter lets himself have a chuckle too.]

Sorry, sorry! I saw an opening and I went for it. Sounds like I'm gonna have to get a little more creative, though.

[He's totally kidding, he's not planning on making any more tentacle jokes. Of course, he hadn't been planning on making this one either, so we'll see.]

That really looked like it took a lot out of you, though. Like, that looked like it hurt, but does it leave any uh, I guess damage behind?

[Ben's not exactly bleeding all over the place, so Peter can't really tell.]