Um, [He has to think. The months kind of blur together after a while, and between that and the fact that he can remember like, seven other lives he didn't technically live, it's kind of hard to get a good read on that kind of thing.] About a year and a half? Maybe a little less.
[Peter leans into her touch, lifting his free hand to brush her hair back again. It's an excuse to touch her, like he's trying to make up for lost time.]
I'm okay. [It seems worth saying, after... everything else that's been said over the last ten minutes or so.] There are a lot of really good people here.
[He's got friends, people he can count on to have his back. That helps make this whole her being here thing easier, to know they'll have hers, too. The Barge isn't safe, not by a long shot, but maybe she'll be okay. Maybe they both will be, even if whatever this is that's coming turns out to be as bad as everyone thinks it's going to be.]
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[Peter leans into her touch, lifting his free hand to brush her hair back again. It's an excuse to touch her, like he's trying to make up for lost time.]
I'm okay. [It seems worth saying, after... everything else that's been said over the last ten minutes or so.] There are a lot of really good people here.
[He's got friends, people he can count on to have his back. That helps make this whole her being here thing easier, to know they'll have hers, too. The Barge isn't safe, not by a long shot, but maybe she'll be okay. Maybe they both will be, even if whatever this is that's coming turns out to be as bad as everyone thinks it's going to be.]