Well the good news is that Peter isn't the kind of person who likes to push people away. If anything, he also gets attached way too easily. That's why it's always hard when people vanish from places like this.

"Nah, it's fine, I see where you're coming from," Peter says with a grin, un-sticking from Patch and turning back to what they were working on. "Toss me that screw driver over there and we can get started."