[ peggy says the dragon's name, and peter shivers a little. he'd heard about the dragon from the dream-that-wasn't of darma, and the screens around the station don't leave a lot to the imagination. don't -- leave much to the imagination? it's not just the gruesome clarity with which the rotting dragon is visible, but the discomfort that just looking at him causes. even now, some time away from looking at those screens, he feels echoes of that pain, a jittery feeling at knowing it's not -- actually that far away. ]

I've seen those video screen things around. You mean you were down there when that monster was destroying everything?

[ open awe? open awe. ]