 After studying Richard 's papers , Peter visits the one @-@ armed Connors , reveals he is Richard Parker 's son and gives Connors his father 's " decay rate algorithm " , the missing piece in Connors ' experiments on regenerating limbs . Connors is being pressed by his superior , Dr. Ratha , to devise a cure for the dying ( but unseen ) head of Oscorp , Norman Osborn . In school , Peter gets into trouble after a basketball challenge with Flash in which Peter accidentally shatters the backboard glass . His uncle changes work shifts to meet with the principal and asks Peter to replace him walking home with May that night . Peter gets distracted and helps Connors regenerate the limb of a laboratory mouse . Peter 's failure causes an argument with Ben and he leaves . At a nearby deli , a cashier refuses to let Peter buy milk when Peter is two cents short ; when a thief suddenly raids the store , Peter indifferently observes . While searching for Peter , Ben attempts to stop the thief and is killed . The thief escapes as Peter finds Ben on the sidewalk . 
