Niki breathed in sharply as she tried to keep her temper in check. Even hearing his name still provoked a strong reaction her, although quite what it meant she didn't want to think about too closely.
For a moment she wondered quite what Peter had told the people here about what had happened in their timeline. Had he lied? Covered things up the way he had to her? She wondered what it would do to him, to them, if she told them every sordid detail about their hero.
But she couldn't bring herself to do it. She forced herself to smile, as calmly as she could.
"Peter and I have a history," she said, simply. "One that tends to make me react somewhat strongly. It's complicated."
Even if she didn't want to destroy him, she still stood her ground, refusing to apologize for her reaction. She spared a glance to Monica, feeling a bit bad that she was being placed in the middle of this.