[ Peter hadn't been here for the lantern festival, last time around, but he's familiar with the concept. A lot of alien cultures had something similar – sometimes little wooden boats, sometimes little biodegradable streamers, sometimes balloons or kites, all set to drift away in memory of a loved one.
He never partook in them, even if he always thought about it, even if he always had a specific person in mind for them. He hadn't been ready to let go, at the time, and had guarded his memories jealously.
He's grown a little, since then, or at least he thinks so; and now, he has two lanterns in hand. He'd been a little too self-conscious to decorate them as elaborately as he had seen some of the others, but on a bright yellow lantern, he had scrawled out a few lines of the lyrics too ABBA's "Thank You for the Music," and on a dark red lantern, he had simply painted an arrow.
Peter's in the middle of looking for a good spot to send them off when he pauses by Genji, and at the guy's invitation, he shakes his head. ]
No, sorry. Don't let me run you off. I'm just— trying to find a good spot.
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He never partook in them, even if he always thought about it, even if he always had a specific person in mind for them. He hadn't been ready to let go, at the time, and had guarded his memories jealously.
He's grown a little, since then, or at least he thinks so; and now, he has two lanterns in hand. He'd been a little too self-conscious to decorate them as elaborately as he had seen some of the others, but on a bright yellow lantern, he had scrawled out a few lines of the lyrics too ABBA's "Thank You for the Music," and on a dark red lantern, he had simply painted an arrow.
Peter's in the middle of looking for a good spot to send them off when he pauses by Genji, and at the guy's invitation, he shakes his head. ]
No, sorry. Don't let me run you off. I'm just— trying to find a good spot.