[ He's not surprised Luna would say that, and it does mean something to him to hear it, particularly from her. He doesn't doubt that she sees him more favourably than he does himself. Luna's... like that. She can see the good in things. In him.
But she hasn't seen all of what's in him. If she knew... the bad. That dark, dark badness in him. Would she still feel that way? If she knew what he'd done? Whom he'd hurt and how? ]
I think I'd tell them that they shouldn't
[ Saying that makes his heart sink in some weird way. It's not that Peter expects anything like that anyway, or seeks it out. The thought has more or less been... nonexistent. There's been no room for anything like that, with everything that's happened, everything he's been through.
But lately... soft little thoughts filter through sometimes. Little moments where he does think about those types of things. It frightens him. ]
I don't want to pretend like I'm a better person than I am So I would tell them to begin with So they don't waste their time and I can't hurt them
shamelessly boomerangs this though.....
But she hasn't seen all of what's in him. If she knew... the bad. That dark, dark badness in him. Would she still feel that way? If she knew what he'd done? Whom he'd hurt and how? ]
I think I'd tell them
that they shouldn't
[ Saying that makes his heart sink in some weird way. It's not that Peter expects anything like that anyway, or seeks it out. The thought has more or less been... nonexistent. There's been no room for anything like that, with everything that's happened, everything he's been through.
But lately... soft little thoughts filter through sometimes. Little moments where he does think about those types of things. It frightens him. ]
I don't want to pretend like I'm a better person than I am
So I would tell them to begin with
So they don't waste their time and I can't hurt them