"Shhhhhhhhh!" Topher hissed, scrambling to shut the door. The last thing he needed was Peter hearing that Karla knew about this.

Well, no. The last thing he needed was probably to be Nothinged. But before that.

"Dude!" he admonished her once the door had been closed and all squirrels shooed away. "You don't just say things like that! There are -- people! And squirrels!"

Both things he feared, yes.