[ There's a beat of silence from Peter's end, after he connects, but then-- ]
A year? Are you joking? That can't possibly be right. You and me were-- 'cause if that's the case, that would mean--
[ With a plummeting sense of dread, Peter quickly scrolls through his posting history. It's not a particularly prolific history, which means it takes mere seconds before his suspicions are confirmed. Kasumi will be able to pinpoint that exact moment, because he hisses out a word that the translators don't quite pick up. Rigellian, perhaps? Or maybe it was Galadorian? Or maybe it's some fantasy language of Peter's own design? Who knows!
But he repeats, in English this time, ]
A year. [ and he says it with all the enthusiasm of someone being summoned for jury duty. ]
[ audio; ]
A year? Are you joking? That can't possibly be right. You and me were-- 'cause if that's the case, that would mean--
[ With a plummeting sense of dread, Peter quickly scrolls through his posting history. It's not a particularly prolific history, which means it takes mere seconds before his suspicions are confirmed. Kasumi will be able to pinpoint that exact moment, because he hisses out a word that the translators don't quite pick up. Rigellian, perhaps? Or maybe it was Galadorian? Or maybe it's some fantasy language of Peter's own design? Who knows!
But he repeats, in English this time, ]
A year. [ and he says it with all the enthusiasm of someone being summoned for jury duty. ]