[it's just an acknowledgement that he heard isaac, not a condoning of the situation. his voice stays calm, but isaac can hear when peter starts breathing slowly on purpose, out of time with the acceleration of his pulse, because he's suddenly angry, angry and sick, and that's the right response but it's also not. he stays still until the crest of anger passes, although the sick remains.]
Everybody's a mystery. If they're not, they aren't worth bothering with. And it's not tiptoeing, it's figuring that if I need to know a thing, you'll tell me somehow or other. That's mostly worked so far.
[another pause, and he runs a hand through his hair.]
action
[it's just an acknowledgement that he heard isaac, not a condoning of the situation. his voice stays calm, but isaac can hear when peter starts breathing slowly on purpose, out of time with the acceleration of his pulse, because he's suddenly angry, angry and sick, and that's the right response but it's also not. he stays still until the crest of anger passes, although the sick remains.]
Everybody's a mystery. If they're not, they aren't worth bothering with. And it's not tiptoeing, it's figuring that if I need to know a thing, you'll tell me somehow or other. That's mostly worked so far.
[another pause, and he runs a hand through his hair.]
Unhappy a lot, but not all the time.