Pete looked at Cole trying to get some kind of help on this, there had to be another way than everyone standing around laying their deepest darkest secrets on the line. He smiled slightly at Iris, when she told him it wasn't him, but it was her. "I've heard that before," he said almost playfully despite the bad situation.
He listened carefully as she spoke, no judgment coming from his end at all, he didn't particularly approve, but he wasn't one to judge at all. When she was finished he nodded at her hoping to reassure her even as the box opened. He didn't know what he wanted to reassure her of, but just to let her know that she wouldn't find herself all alone in this weird situation.