Miguel walked over to stand behind Peter and see what all was in the cupboard. When the kid started mumbling, Miguel just put his hand on Peter's shoulder (talons folded away, of course).
"So you'll have something with your mom, dad, aunt and uncle on it? That would be a good starting point." Miguel then pointed at one of the things in Peter's cupboard of Things. Distraction was a way to deal with things, right? "By the way, what the hell is that? ...or that? I've never seen most of the things in here."