Funny, he actually got a less violent reaction from outing Gabriel as an archangel. Peter takes the hit (though not without an "ow!" of protest and a step back, hands raised against further attacks), and watches keenly to see if she's going to run off again. When she doesn't -- at least not yet -- he jumps to the solution of Distract Her With Something Else.

"Gabriel's an angel," he informs her suddenly. "As in the Gabriel."