Peter shifted his arms so that he was looking right at Toby. "I know, Toby," he said. "I know you wouldn't have let him hurt Claire. And I know Claire didn't want to let him hurt you, either."
He looked into the boy's eyes, and tried to think of what a hero should say at a time like this. What was a superhero supposed to tell a young boy who had just seen death?
He didn't know. But he could only guess at what he, Peter Petrelli, should say. "The world would be a really nice place if no one hurt one another. It would be a fun place to live. But you know it's not like that. That's why there are heroes, and bad guys. Most of the time, the bad guys get caught, and they get put in jail. And that's where we want them to be. But some bad guys are more dangerous. Someone like Jareth can't be locked up. He always gets away, and he hurts more and more people, and he won't ever stop. I wish that Claire didn't have to shoot him. But if someone had to get hurt, I'm glad that it was him, and not you."