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[itsnotaonesie]

Hey! This is Peter. Leave a message, you know how this works. I'll get back to you as soon as I can, if I don't break my phone. Big if.

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[itsnotaonesie]

I know, man. Thanks.

[There's still a lot of thinking he needs to do before he's got this all sorted out, but his head's in a better place than it was before. Peter isn't quite feeling better about everything, but he's at least feeling okayish enough to make a dumb joke so here goes]

...Is this the part where we're supposed to hug it out or whatever?

[casualryder]

[Good. Joking is good and Scott feels relieved that Peter feels ok enough to do that. He doesn't want to push too hard but he also wouldn't feel right if he left this conversation without any indication that it helped at all. But there was a glimmer of something, so he thinks it's safe moving on right now. Peter will definitely need time to sort through whatever he's feeling.]

We could, but fair warning, my hugs turn into headlocks about eight-five percent of the time.

[He's joking but he's also 100% serious.]

[itsnotaonesie]

[He'll figure it out. Or something else will come along and scar him horribly before he gets a chance to. That's how we do.]

You couldn't keep me in a headlock if your life depended on it, but good to know.

[He too is joking, but he's also 100% serious.]

[casualryder]

[No, everything is ok now and it will continue to be ok.]

...I hate that I can't even dispute that.

[He's not freakishly powerful no fair.]

But if you weren't freaky strong I could totally keep you in a headlock.

[itsnotaonesie]

[lmao oh it sure will buddy.

But the good new is, Peter's cheering up a bit. He even manages to laugh a little.]

Okay, I'll give you that. If I was normal, you could totally keep me in a headlock.

[casualryder]

Thank you. [He laughs lightly in return as he glances back over the frozen lake again.] My ego survives another day. Sort of.

[Just kidding he has no shame admitting that Peter could kick his ass three ways from Sunday if he wanted. It's part of the boy's charm, or something.]

So. How're you feeling "city messing with your head"-wise right now? The lake seems like a decent enough distance away from everything.

[itsnotaonesie]

[Yeah, "charm", we'll go with that.]

Better. I mean, I don't feel super great, but I think it's safe to assume that it's me not feeling super great and not the city messing with my head and making me feel not super great. Which... I'm gonna say is a good thing, because at least I know it's me?

[casualryder]

[Scott doesn't respond straight away, mostly because he's trying to follow that in his head. But he gets it after a moment.]

Yeah, makes sense to me. [He snorts a small laugh.] If we're all going to feel like shit it should be on our own terms.

[itsnotaonesie]

Okay, cool. Because I was starting to thing that I sounded crazy. I wouldn't be surprised if I haven't gone at least a little crazy by now, to be honest.

[this joint isn't really so great for the ol' mental well being, after all.]