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[animated]

[ He wrinkles his nose a little, trying to seem annoyed. ]

I was gonna say- I know I'm out of practice, but I hope I'm not that out of practice.

[nostalgiabomb]

No, you're fine. Better than fine, actually. Just-- mind wandered. Sorry.

[ A beat, then he adds wryly, ]

Kind of cradle-robbing, huh?

[animated]

Yeah, no. Let's not think about that.

[ Or about the fact that Charlie is going to outlive him anyway. ]

In wizard years, I'm pretty much your age anyway.

[nostalgiabomb]

Oh, they have wizard years.

[ And he's still sort of laughing. ]

So, what, does it work like dog years? Seven to one?

[animated]

... Yeah, okay. I might have made that up.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He's pretty sure it's still the giddiness from the adrenaline winding down, but that makes him laugh a little more. ]

Nah, come on, let's figure it out. What's a wizard year, like three to one? Four to one? At the end of a wizard year, do you guys all put on your wizard hats and make roses disappear?

[animated]

Man, fuck off.

[ And he gives Peter a shove, grinning. The mental image of some of the people he knows in wizard hats doing dumbass things like making roses disappear is hilarious to him. ]

[nostalgiabomb]

[ He winces when Charlie gives him a push, if only because he hit on a sensitive bruise, but he's still too amused by this. And Charlie laughing along is only encouraging him. ]

Do I have to show you ID? Like, if the cops bust down the door right now, would they accept, "But Officer, he looked forty!" as a legitimate excuse?

[animated]

Oh my god. Stop. Just stop.

[ nooo he's laughing too hard. This isn't even fucking funny, god dammit Peter ] Also, joke's on you. My ID puts me at a nice, even 29.

[nostalgiabomb]

Oh, you liar. [ And he gives him a light shove back. ]

Also? I didn't finish my schooling, but I remember enough to know that twenty-nine isn't an even number.

Unless that works different for wizards, too.

[animated]

[ He lists to the side bit when shoved, but bounces back to bump Peter's shoulder with his own ]

Twenty-nine isn't an even number. Hello Peter, welcome to the joke.

[nostalgiabomb]

Hey, I dunno. For all I know, in the wizard world, up is down, down is up, and purple isn't a terrible color.

[animated]

... Okay, you lost me on that last one.

[nostalgiabomb]

-- Don't worry about it.

Purple sucks, though.

[animated]

Oh... kay.

I'll keep that in mind when buying Christmas presents.

[nostalgiabomb]

[ -- Huh. Peter hasn't celebrated a Christmas since--

... He thinks 1987. Huh. That's weird to think about. His expression doesn't fall -- this conversation is too entertaining to dampen it with his issues -- but it's a touch more sober than before. ]

I'm sure it'll be fine. Just make sure you keep the receipts.

[animated]

[ The shift in mood, however slight, doesn't go unnoticed. But if Peter doesn't want to talk about it, he won't push. ]

Maybe I'll just go with a gift card. You don't have an iTunes account, do you?

[nostalgiabomb]

... A what-now account?

[animated]

[ He chuckles- he was expecting that answer. ]

iTunes. It's a service that lets you download music.

[nostalgiabomb]

Ah, right, of course. iTunes. Gotcha.

[ a beat, then, ]

Yeah, safe to assume it's a no from me, then.

[animated]

You'd probably really enjoy it, you know, if there were an intergalactic equivalent. [ because he's fairly sure that not even the almighty Apple, Inc. has influence way the hell out here. ]

[nostalgiabomb]

Something like it on the bigger planets. You know, the ones people actually give a shit about. Everything else is just backwater and quaint.

You know, like Earth.

[animated]

Earth is backwater and quaint?

I mean, I guess I can see it, but having lived there for as long as I have, I've seen it develop in a pretty impressive way.

[nostalgiabomb]

I'll have to take your word on it. [ Meanwhile, he's gonna flop back onto Charlie's bed. Because he owns the place. Literally. ]

Haven't really been keeping up on Terran news, lately.

[animated]

[ He watches him a moment, then sort of... flops back as well. ]

I can stop bringing it up, if you want. We can stick to pop culture references.