[ Peter takes a second to study Mantis, watching her carefully. She’s fidgeting, and she looks uncertain, and— yeah, she’s definitely Mantis. Not that that was ever in question, really, but apparently folks from parallel worlds is a thing around here. So she might be Mantis, sure, but she might not be the Mantis he knows or the Mantis he remembers?

But— no. A lot of that body language is familiar. The fidgeting, the hesitance, the hunch of her shoulders and the twisting of her hands.

At her apology, he lifts a hand, meaning for the gesture to be placating and reassuring. ]

It’s okay. Seriously. I think— the portal thing? The one that brought you here? It does some weird stuff, so— don’t worry.

[ There’s a lot about the portal that Peter doesn’t understand, honestly, which is why he gives a helpless sort of shrug. ]

Honestly, I dunno how it all works.