[Though Kaine had been desperately looking everywhere but at the child in front of him, by the end of Peter's little speech, he finds himself staring right at him. That's the Peter he had come to expect... the one he was expecting to find back in New York. The annoyingly optimistic one that, like Ben, was determined to find the good in him. He had been so hurt by his Peter's betrayal that he had been almost subconsciously taking out on this one.]

All right, all right, you win. I get it. I'm stuck with you.

I'm beginning to remember why I sacrificed myself for your stupid ass now. [He says it casually, as if a slip of the tongue. Peter wants to know more about him, doesn't he? He supposes one story won't kill him.]