‘ what’s the deal with you? ’
Pete’s first reaction to this question is to get defensive and flustered, which is ridiculous, ‘cuz the puppet thing in front of him might not even be real. Sure, after talking to Glasses Guy (Indrid, he tried to remind himself) he knew that there were plenty of nonhuman beings here, too, but this is just a step too far into surreality and it makes him a little uncomfortable.
“What’s the deal with me?” He blurts out. “What’s the deal with you? You look like a Muppet.”
Oh shit, wait. Is this–is this the Vox Phantasma stuff coming back again? His stomach drops a little bit. “Wait, hold on, do you know the grey baby? Are they okay?”
He’ll process what this means vis a vis his powers later; right now, he needs to know if he can reach that baby.
“What’s a muppet,” Besty says blankly. This guy’s so weird! And he didn’t even answer the question.
“I don’t know any babies,” he says, frowning. “And I don’t...” Know any grey babies, that’s for sure, but a thought gives him pause. He does sort of know someone grey...? Not that he’s been a baby at literally any point in his life.
“D’you mean Mutemaster? But you’re not even a Dreamsider.” So they probably came here from whole different places, but this guy seems to be sure he knows something about Thebestmaster.