( Peter freezes at that, eyes locked onto his friend. Change something into a frog...? She can do that? He hadn't even considered such a thing, but of course... Ange's a witch. And it definitely sounds like something witches can do. It almost reminds him of his initial picture of witches to begin with, before he'd ever learned that real ones actually exist and he'd only known the stereotypical images of cackling women on broomsticks. Turning their enemies into frogs and newts.
Now that he knows what actual witches are capable of, the mental image of this is almost laughably cute in a way, but Peter's definitely not laughing, now. It's something he clings onto, that concept of potential safety, rescue. A plan of action for if something goes wrong and they bump into whatever awful things could be living out here, waiting for them.
Okay. Okayβ yeah. ( Another fervent nod; he's very serious about this. He'll yell, she'll turn something into a frog... (of course, Peter can't yet know what terror frogs will become for him, later on in his Jumanji Journey....)
But until thenβ )
Is it okay if I hold your hand?
( This, too, might seem laughable ordinarily. But there's not an ounce of Peter that's joking around or, alternatively, is embarrassed or ashamed at the request. When he gets like this, so close to panic... he regresses like a child, into something small and nervous and clingy, fretfully peering down at the girl. Yes.... he needs a hand. )
no subject
Now that he knows what actual witches are capable of, the mental image of this is almost laughably cute in a way, but Peter's definitely not laughing, now. It's something he clings onto, that concept of potential safety, rescue. A plan of action for if something goes wrong and they bump into whatever awful things could be living out here, waiting for them.
He's nodding, seriously, eyes growing wider again. )
Okay. Okayβ yeah. ( Another fervent nod; he's very serious about this. He'll yell, she'll turn something into a frog... (of course, Peter can't yet know what terror frogs will become for him, later on in his Jumanji Journey....)
But until thenβ )
Is it okay if I hold your hand?
( This, too, might seem laughable ordinarily. But there's not an ounce of Peter that's joking around or, alternatively, is embarrassed or ashamed at the request. When he gets like this, so close to panic... he regresses like a child, into something small and nervous and clingy, fretfully peering down at the girl. Yes.... he needs a hand. )