[Peter's itching to bolt, too. His eyes are already wandering, looking for an escape route, but his feet stay planted.] If that were true, I wouldn't hang around you as much as I do. And you completely wouldn't let me get close to trying.

[He pulls in a breath, forcing himself to focus on a spot on the ground. And then it happens. All the nervous energy that had been building up for him to run starts coming out the wrong way: from his mouth.]

I've met bad people before, Kaine. The things I did back home? I've met them. I've fought them. They do horrible things to people and don't give it a second's thought. And you- Maybe you've done some bad stuff in the past. I don't know, but maybe, and it's like you're- you're punishing yourself or something. I can tell. I.. I do it all the time. And that's-- I think the fact that you're doing that, that you feel like you have to, I think that means you're way better than you think you are.