why are you so petrified of silence

”The training they... receive now is...” Peter made a face, his lips pulled into a thin line, something close to but not quite disapproval. ”It’s lacking already. I don’t... I want to... do better. Do good by them.” There was a waver in his voice, but the core of it was made of steel, of a confidence that did not often come to him. Leaning back on the balls of his feet, Peter tried to not look too directly at Loren, half wary at the lack of expression and half worried that his gaze would be seen as rude. He did offer a slow roll of his shoulders in response to Loren’s statement though. ”I know... there’s more than me here.” He confirmed lightly, turning to look at the spikes of the books like they were suddenly the most interesting things in the world. ”I... haven’t heard anything about Torchline. Not yet.” Peter try, try your whole life to be righteous and good