[Peter is quiet for a moment, mulling over the owlbear's words.]

I know he loves me, I also know he loves me enough he's trying to shield me from how he's feeling sometimes. He doesn't like worrying people, so he tries to just avoid it-? [Peter knows his words aren't perfectly articulated here, but it is just him trying to get his thoughts in some kind of coherent order.] He redirects to hype everyone else up, but...

[He shakes his head a little, sighing at himself.]