[ It answers his first two questions, actually. So he was Ported out, temporarily. Qubit's heard of that happening before, even here, once or twice. Which means Peter found out the bad news by experiencing it firsthand. The appropriate reaction would be sympathy. He may not know the details, but whatever happened, Peter must have taken it hard ...

But his temper short-circuits that line of thought entirely. Does Peter honestly think Qubit would go behind his back without damn good reason?! ]

You gave that thing to me because you were coming apart at the seams! You said, and I quote, that you couldn't handle any more bad news. What was I supposed to do, let you go to pieces over - over something not even relevant?