Where Rexanna turns to look at the people as they pass by, Peter keeps his eyes on her, chewing his lip as he considers what she’s said. It seems to be a topic on which she has much knowledge, and Peter finds himself wondering where it came from, how it was acquired. ”Whispering behind doors is... it can lead to..” Peter gestured, tried to summon the word to his tongue, ”...bad things, though. Can’t it?” Blue eyes stay locked to Rexanna face. He knows the answer, had been part of whispers behind doors before, but he wanted to see her response as much as hear it.
This has, with the exception of a single person, been one of the nicest conversations he’s had since coming to Caido. There is something about Rexanna that is warm, that makes him want to lean in conspiratorially as she does and play with the drama of it. He wonders what exactly she is going to be doing still, as far as he knew Zariah’s name was already on the lips of nearly everyone, for better or worse, and like Rexanna has said, people would grow complacent soon. He wanted to seem clever though, and so simply nodded, not asking any more and instead assuming she knew what she was tasked with doing.
The smile manages to draw a matching one back from Peter, though the quirk of his lips is much shyer than her bright one. The magics Rexanna list begin familiar, easy to imagine, but immediately move into the unknown for him, his head tilting again, this time in confusion. ”Transmutation is... makings things... different?” His voice is tinged with uncertainty. ”And what are fireworks?” That was the one that mystified him, the distinction between firework and fire not clear in his mind.
Peters hands come out from behind his back, wanting to answer her question with a demonstration before remembering Zariah had given him proper names for what he could do. ”I can... I have creation, and... and water.” His hands slowly lower again, this time in front of him, where Rexanna can see the way he fidgets restlessly.
PET
he is trying to tell you that there is some sort of shining star now buried deep inside him and he has to dig it out with a knife.
