[ Peter notices the way the guy grows distant – lost in thought, maybe, or caught in a memory – and there's a shift in his demeanor that makes Peter frown.
This is dangerous territory, he decides. He's barely known the guy for, like, five minutes, and the last thing Peter needs is to say something supremely shitty and upset the dude.
Peter's quiet for a second or two, then, ]
How'd you learn? The knives, I mean. [ A slight shift in topics seems safest. ] Did you just slash the crap out of wooden posts, or—?
no subject
This is dangerous territory, he decides. He's barely known the guy for, like, five minutes, and the last thing Peter needs is to say something supremely shitty and upset the dude.
Peter's quiet for a second or two, then, ]
How'd you learn? The knives, I mean. [ A slight shift in topics seems safest. ] Did you just slash the crap out of wooden posts, or—?