[Peter could tell her that's ridiculous, that there's no reason to feel guilty about it, because it's not like they have any control over it. He could.

Of course, he'd also be a giant hypocrite if he did, because it's not like he hasn't been feeling much of the same thing.]

Yeah. [His gaze gets kind of distant for a moment, like it does when he's working on a new science project and can't quite wrap his mind around what's the next step he needs to take, because that's the problem here, isn't it?] It'd be easier if we actually knew what we were dealing with, like if it'd just be as simple as building some kind of bridge or a door or something.

I mean, my friend Tim and I- [He's probably mentioned Tim - fellow teenage vigilante photography enthusiast and total nerd - before in passing and it's been forever since he's been here, but Peter still thinks of him as a friend. He's been to visit him a couple times.] We've been trying on finding a way to communicate between the Barge and the outside world for like, years by now, and we're still pretty much right where we were when we started. The science doesn't really make sense, and the ship's always changing stuff you try and build.