[ ... Peter may or may not have watched that video, like, five times before he finally responds.
Listen, after all the crap that happened, he's still not completely back at 100%. Sleep is still hard to come by, and he still aches like fuck, but at least he's out of the hospital and back in more familiar surroundings. And at least he's, you know, not getting starved or beaten within an inch of his life. So maybe he's not fully back, but he's getting there.
And that weird fucking video probably garnered the first loud, genuine laugh from him all week.
(His ribs are pissed at him for that and aren't shy about letting him know.)
Not that it's obvious, when he finally answers the kid's text – by voice message, because it's quicker. Because that's always been his preference, because he's that kind of asshole. (Not because his hands still feel a little unsteady. Obviously.) But he keeps his voice level, conversational: ]
voice;
Listen, after all the crap that happened, he's still not completely back at 100%. Sleep is still hard to come by, and he still aches like fuck, but at least he's out of the hospital and back in more familiar surroundings. And at least he's, you know, not getting starved or beaten within an inch of his life. So maybe he's not fully back, but he's getting there.
And that weird fucking video probably garnered the first loud, genuine laugh from him all week.
(His ribs are pissed at him for that and aren't shy about letting him know.)
Not that it's obvious, when he finally answers the kid's text – by voice message, because it's quicker. Because that's always been his preference, because he's that kind of asshole. (Not because his hands still feel a little unsteady. Obviously.) But he keeps his voice level, conversational: ]
That was the weirdest film I've ever seen.
[ a pause. ]
Solid nine out of ten, though.