[Peter doesn't mind the work. It's background to what he's really focusing on anyway, which is...Jon.
He can hear the guilt in the way Jon starts addressing the situation.]
I know, Jon. [Just to get that out of the way first, the way Jon clearly wants him to know that his friend is not the creature who attacked him.] Of course it isn't his fault. Those clones are...the worst things about all of us, taken and magnified. Tim isn't to blame for this.
But it isn't your fault that something mimicking him hurt you. It isn't your fault for not wanting or being able to face him. You might not be able to for a while, and that's alright. Just because he saved you, it doesn't mean he's owed you pushing past your own safety and comfort.
[He's not wholly focused on Jon while he talks, primarily because he doesn't think Jon would like that. But he does keep glancing up.]
And if he's any kind of friend, he wouldn't expect you to. Or want you to.
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Date: 2021-03-01 05:20 am (UTC)He can hear the guilt in the way Jon starts addressing the situation.]
I know, Jon. [Just to get that out of the way first, the way Jon clearly wants him to know that his friend is not the creature who attacked him.] Of course it isn't his fault. Those clones are...the worst things about all of us, taken and magnified. Tim isn't to blame for this.
But it isn't your fault that something mimicking him hurt you. It isn't your fault for not wanting or being able to face him. You might not be able to for a while, and that's alright. Just because he saved you, it doesn't mean he's owed you pushing past your own safety and comfort.
[He's not wholly focused on Jon while he talks, primarily because he doesn't think Jon would like that. But he does keep glancing up.]
And if he's any kind of friend, he wouldn't expect you to. Or want you to.