He sounded so defensive that Magnus had to laugh again, sensing some self recrimination in Pietro's tone. As much as they could was obviously not enough, not if Pietro was so afraid.
"You're giving the creatures more credit than they deserve," he said and dropped his son's arm, returning to his spot at the window. Pietro wasn't saying anything he hadn't thought a thousand times before, but the fact remained that the island was still unaffected and the rest of the world- well, the rest of the world was so bad that Quicksilver had come here to beg for help.