[Peter doesn't usually stick around after these sorts of things. Not past a quick laugh, at least, especially not ever since Eri-- Magneto showed up on TV, trying to kill the president in the name of all mutants. It hadn't been the best possible press.
But he frowns at the weirdly dark turn this conversation spikes down. His forehead just crinkles further at the questions.] What? [His mouth is full. He finishes chewing and swallows so he can continue with minimal peppermint-chip spraying.]
No one sent me, man. I'm not like, 'with' anybody. [Because that's a thing now, sometimes. Alliances, gangs. Peter's definitely not involved in any of that shit, but does this mean Tall Dark and Mysterious is?
He inches back a few small steps, jittering backwards like a video that won't load.]
Why, do you work for someone who's gonna come after me and my family for that lighter?
[A lighter that abruptly re-appears in that guy's hand. Peter blinks back in the same spot he'd been before, hands innocently away from his own pockets.]
no subject
But he frowns at the weirdly dark turn this conversation spikes down. His forehead just crinkles further at the questions.] What? [His mouth is full. He finishes chewing and swallows so he can continue with minimal peppermint-chip spraying.]
No one sent me, man. I'm not like, 'with' anybody. [Because that's a thing now, sometimes. Alliances, gangs. Peter's definitely not involved in any of that shit, but does this mean Tall Dark and Mysterious is?
He inches back a few small steps, jittering backwards like a video that won't load.]
Why, do you work for someone who's gonna come after me and my family for that lighter?
[A lighter that abruptly re-appears in that guy's hand. Peter blinks back in the same spot he'd been before, hands innocently away from his own pockets.]