[Kieran jumps just a little at the touch, but he settles down quickly once he realizes he's not about to get his ass handed to him again.]
[He swallows and any speech that follows is slow and stilted, like he's trying to process and synthesize everything that happened with as strong a filter as he possibly can.]
I-I was, yeah.
Some people from, uh, from b-back home showed up. People that don't like me very much. Th-The land changed too. It looked like the swamp w-where the gang I was in was hidin' out. One of the guys, the leader, had a knife.
[His next pause is longer than all of the rest. It's clear that he's skipping over a crucial part when he starts speaking again, but he also trusts Peter to fill in the gaps.]
B-But Ben and Pratt came before they could do anythin' worse. Then, uh, Pratt called a healer buddy of his--Carlisle I think?--to help. He got me my eyes back, but, uh, things went downhill real fast, and I still can't see.
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[He swallows and any speech that follows is slow and stilted, like he's trying to process and synthesize everything that happened with as strong a filter as he possibly can.]
I-I was, yeah.
Some people from, uh, from b-back home showed up. People that don't like me very much. Th-The land changed too. It looked like the swamp w-where the gang I was in was hidin' out. One of the guys, the leader, had a knife.
[His next pause is longer than all of the rest. It's clear that he's skipping over a crucial part when he starts speaking again, but he also trusts Peter to fill in the gaps.]
B-But Ben and Pratt came before they could do anythin' worse. Then, uh, Pratt called a healer buddy of his--Carlisle I think?--to help. He got me my eyes back, but, uh, things went downhill real fast, and I still can't see.