Cool, well, this is actually pretty alarming. Peter takes a couple steps closer to the guy and takes a knee in front of him. He's not sure if coming down to his level will actually help this conversation go any more smoothly, but it seems polite, so eeeh.

"Sir, it looks like you've been through a lot, and I really don't wanna hound you, but this sounds really bad. I need you to be as specific as you can be, okay? What do you mean by poison? Was there a radiation leak somewhere, did something come through the portal that wasn't supposed to? What happened?"