"Well, I didn't really stop to count, but...well, give or take a dozen? Kinda made it a policy to avoid any rooftops with a bunch of heavily armed guys in pumpkin helmets. Made it so I only had to worry about ol' Mean and Green, plus a few airborne henchmen."

[Goblin was, to his credit, an incredibly dedicated evil mastermind. Still a royal jerk though.]

"And I said I'd be fine. I've come back from worse."

[He really hadn't. He was just hoping to sound a little more dangerous than he was, because he still had no idea who he was dealing with. Problem was, Pete was kind of a terrible liar until he learned how to cover up his own unconvincing story with something a little more distracting.

Which uh...really wasn't happening yet.]