why are you so petrified of silence

Peter hummed softly, nodding as he considered Loren's suggestions. "It's not how I... I'm worried about the... usefulness of practice in a real... situation." The way he had learned was by not dying to the things life had thrown at him, that he'd been thrown into. And, clearly, it had worked. "Thank you, though. I... I'll have to try some of those." Talk of the magic school tapered off without much interest, but Loren was apparently invested in whatever the advocates were doing. If nothing else, he actually turned towards Peter, who returned the look with a questioning quirk of his brows, silently inviting the summoner to speak his mind. The question turned to confusion, and then it was Peter's turn to be blank, answering first with a shrug. "What did he tell you?" Peter try, try your whole life to be righteous and good