Something catches in his throat when she says that. Maybe if he were some other guy, he'd be relieved to know -- to really know that Max Evans, the handsome alien ex of his girlfriend, was no longer a threat to their relationship.

But Peter wasn't that guy, and he couldn't feel that way.

There's not much he can do; memory wiping powers wasn't something he could do, and they weren't stuck at Lacuna Inc.'s offices, they were stuck here.

So instead, he rubs Liz's back because he always found it comforting when he was upset and May rubbed his.