St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Thursday Morning and Afternoon

[selfhelphero]

The good news was, it still wasn't raining. The bad news was, it was still muddy outside. Hopefully, if you were coming out for the Habitat for Humanity build, you'd wear shoes you didn't mind getting dirty!

If you weren't heading for the build, well, there was still plenty to do, especially for those who had a thing for wildlife. Or, there were still plenty of hotel amenities to explore, and with only one day left in town, time was running out to see what the city had to offer!

[OCD is up! Habitat for Humanity | Lunch | Shopping | Botanical Garden | The City | Hotel Post | OOC]

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Re: St. John's [13th of October] - Coffee Matters

[lockestheway]

Hey-- he could call Ender whatever he liked.

"I don't talk about you all that much," Peter lied. "But I'm sorry if anything I've done has led you to bring me up more. You've got a loyal bunch of friends - I'm not actually out to offend any of you, you know."

He just didn't particularly care if he did.

Mostly. Kind of.

Re: St. John's [13th of October] - Coffee Matters

[endsthegame]

Ender studied him for a moment.

"'We came into the world like brother and brother, and now let's go hand in hand, not one before another,'" he quoted. "I don't want to do this, Peter. You don't even want to do this, or at least you care enough to pretend not to want it. So here's the deal: we can have coffee once a week. We'll talk - about how you're doing, or how I'm doing, or how we're feeling about Kant that particular week. I don't care. That's the effort I'm willing to put in here."

He didn't put in any demands. No offers that might give Peter the idea Ender thought he had the right to dictate what he did with any of it. Peter had his pride, and Ender knew what it was like, because in his own way he had it too.

Re: St. John's [13th of October] - Coffee Matters

[lockestheway]

"I was trying to do that," Peter pointed out idly, but he was considering it.

It would be a good way to counteract whatever Ender's friends might put into his head, wouldn't it? "Trying to show an interest in your life, that kind of thing."

Re: St. John's [13th of October] - Coffee Matters

[endsthegame]

"Not when you're insulting my friend and my judgement," Ender said.

Re: St. John's [13th of October] - Coffee Matters

[lockestheway]

"Fine," Peter replied. "In that case, congratulations."

Re: St. John's [13th of October] - Coffee Matters

[endsthegame]

"Thanks," Ender said dismissively. "But what have you been up to?"

Re: St. John's [13th of October] - Coffee Matters

[lockestheway]

"Oh, you know, the usual," Peter said. Even if he wanted to talk about his stuff in depth, he wasn't going to be tricked into doing so in front of the squirrels. "Working hard to keep the grades up and home base happy. Checking in on Topher every now and again to make sure nobody's killed him yet. My life isn't that spectacular."

Re: St. John's [13th of October] - Coffee Matters

[endsthegame]

Peter was speaking in code - but Ender would let him. He didn't have an interest in dangling Peter's work in front of the whole school, either. He knew where it was going, and where it going was a good thing, despite Peter's initial motivations.

"Are mother and father having another row?" he asked, picking up on the code he was using.

Re: St. John's [13th of October] - Coffee Matters

[lockestheway]

"Nah, they're getting along right now," Peter said, idly sipping his espresso. "It's just a little harder to make sure nobody misplaces their keys from here. But it's nothing I can't fix."