Well, I never said they were completely without ulterior motive.
[What ulterior motive, Peter isn't entirely sure. He's not the detective, after all. But really, it's a lot of work for someone to go through for sheer altruism.
...Which isn't to say that some people can't be bafflingly altruistic. Peter just doesn't believe it would happen on this scale.
Peter is looking at Juno, and Juno is looking back at him. This feels...too comfortable. For all that they're discussing the end of a world (worlds, really) and the questionable altruism of the Natha. It’s almost like their last few days together - from Peter’s perspective anyway - never happened. And that sense of dissonance is slower to build in Peter than it is in Juno, but it isn’t absent. But contrary to Juno's strategy of bracing himself for something terrible, Peter...seeks it out. Or starts to, anyway. He has his methods.]
Are you alright, by the way? Losing Hyperion City...I know it meant so much to you.
[There isn't, in fact, a lick of censure in his voice, just vague concern. But he thinks it will provoke...something. Hopefully not just Juno being mood. But at least that.]
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[What ulterior motive, Peter isn't entirely sure. He's not the detective, after all. But really, it's a lot of work for someone to go through for sheer altruism.
...Which isn't to say that some people can't be bafflingly altruistic. Peter just doesn't believe it would happen on this scale.
Peter is looking at Juno, and Juno is looking back at him. This feels...too comfortable. For all that they're discussing the end of a world (worlds, really) and the questionable altruism of the Natha. It’s almost like their last few days together - from Peter’s perspective anyway - never happened. And that sense of dissonance is slower to build in Peter than it is in Juno, but it isn’t absent. But contrary to Juno's strategy of bracing himself for something terrible, Peter...seeks it out. Or starts to, anyway. He has his methods.]
Are you alright, by the way? Losing Hyperion City...I know it meant so much to you.
[There isn't, in fact, a lick of censure in his voice, just vague concern. But he thinks it will provoke...something. Hopefully not just Juno being mood. But at least that.]