"With Peter, violence had to be the first option. Then distraction. But he wasn't fightin' a force of evil inside 'im. Ego was just a big ol' prick the size of a planet."

He supposes that the necessity for peace against a being of hate would make it all the more important to maintain the mood of peace. And why extreme feelings from Raven could be some kind of gateway.

"I'd been hopin' I could talk Madoka into learnin' some kind of self-defense but she couldn't stand to be mean to nobody. Even if it was dodgin' real good."