Peter felt bad for Billy and reached over to touch his shoulder. "I'm sure he's all right," he said. "And you wouldn't want him here, right? I mean, Wonderland isn't the best place to show up, not really."

He feels a bit out of practice and awkward. Peter really isn't the comforting type. James was better at this and Remus, really. He just sort of repeated platitudes he'd heard a bunch of times before.

"Don't worry. It will be ok," he found himself saying although he wasn't really sure what all of that meant.