[ He's equal parts stunned and relieved when Henry utters that fine, soft and reluctant though it may be. A breath he wasn't aware he was holding is exhaled quietly, the boy.... not relaxing, not exactly, but at least she isn't fighting him on this. Not that he doesn't know perfectly well Henry will do what she wants when (...if; it's an if, not a when) the time comes, regardless.
But it still means something that he... voiced his concern, and she voiced some kind of assurance in return. Maybe he just needed to hear her say it. Maybe through all of the various convoluted ways he's lost his autonomy and is hanging onto some sense of control by a thread, this one little thing means something there, too.
But then she's moving over towards him, and Peter blinks, weirdly surprised by the action. Maybe by the fact that after what they just talked about, what he just brought up, she's willingly getting close to him like this. But he does what she says, getting to his feet, awkwardly looking down at her with all the mannerism of a big nervous dog staring down at a much smaller, and much more intimidating cat. ]
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But it still means something that he... voiced his concern, and she voiced some kind of assurance in return. Maybe he just needed to hear her say it. Maybe through all of the various convoluted ways he's lost his autonomy and is hanging onto some sense of control by a thread, this one little thing means something there, too.
But then she's moving over towards him, and Peter blinks, weirdly surprised by the action. Maybe by the fact that after what they just talked about, what he just brought up, she's willingly getting close to him like this. But he does what she says, getting to his feet, awkwardly looking down at her with all the mannerism of a big nervous dog staring down at a much smaller, and much more intimidating cat. ]
What, uh.... what're you doing?