Pete pauses and half-turns to look back over his shoulder; "hysterical" isn't Rich's style. Still, can't blame anyone for going nuts stuck in here, and after a moment Pete keeps moving, occasionally nodding as Rich fills in the details, at least half his attention on the nightmare world around them in case anything attacks. Rich seems a bit distracted.

Then Pete stiffens at the last revelation, stopping short.

"Richie, I really don't like hearing they put a child lock on the Nova Force." Obviously it's not killing him this time, but being able to tap the full magnitude of one of the cosmic powers had always come in very handy for them, and Rich being dialed down to Centurion or worse cannot be considered a good thing. "What does Worldmind have to say about it?"