4.02

[burninhale]

Well, this is it. This is the end. I've been stabbed, shot, electrocuted, set on fire, come back from the dead, and this is what did it. I'm ready to lie down in a grave now. It's all gone, it's over, farewell.








Except coffins and grave plots actually cost money. Which we no longer have. Add to that —

...

No, let's focus on the money. I don't think we need to discuss anything else.

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[coldsteelblue]

[Face palming. That's what all this has brought him to. Why can't things just ever be simple, huh? Why can't he have one normal teenage day in his life?]

Weird? I'd say more like a cluster fuck. But hey, what about that red head? She's pretty cute.

[burninhale]

[ He can't help his reaction, which is an involuntary laugh that he turns into a cough. ]

Well, nobody else is related to us, as far as I know. Try not to let this get too distracting, will you?

[coldsteelblue]

[This is why he can never decide if he actually likes or dislikes his uncle.]

When do I ever get distracted. Totally focused.

[burninhale]

You're distracted right now, talking to your older self. Look, whatever he has to say about me...

[ Peter pauses, then shrugs. ]

He's probably right. Maybe 85% right. 80%, 83.5% right. Well, you know what I did, so you can assume he has good reasons to be the way he is. Did you know you punched me across the room through a stair railing? Because you do.

[coldsteelblue]

[Derek's getting suspicious of you, Uncle Peter.]

What did you do that I'd want to punch you across the room? And why does he, the older me, look like that.

[burninhale]

[ Took him long enough, geez. ]

You grew up. Life was hard, so you made yourself stronger to bear it. And you know what I did. I deserved that punch, and worse. [ Not that Peter believes that in a meaningful way. He believes that everyone else believes that, though, and he's perfectly capable of parroting it. ] But you didn't kill me. That was almost a year ago.