( Peter's grinning wider at the fist bump, complete with explosion. Every once in a blue moon, moments where they can just be dumb teenagers come up, and he's always glad to get to share in those rare moments with Ruby.
But his own expression is shifting to match hers, that concern moving into him, before the boy's eyes widen, and his voice lowers, quiets. )
Wait— are you talking about the person who... ('killed Ange's entire family' is the thought, but he doesn't want to say that aloud. He's sure Ruby knows all about it, but it still feels... upsetting, wrong, to voice. Instead he swallows, his worry deepening. )
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But his own expression is shifting to match hers, that concern moving into him, before the boy's eyes widen, and his voice lowers, quiets. )
Wait— are you talking about the person who... ( 'killed Ange's entire family' is the thought, but he doesn't want to say that aloud. He's sure Ruby knows all about it, but it still feels... upsetting, wrong, to voice. Instead he swallows, his worry deepening. )
That witch person...?
( God... is she really here...? )