( he makes a noise that's a cross between agreement and acknowledgement when she gives her own answer — that is what it comes down to more than anything else: they don't have anything to lose. or at the very least, he doesn't, though it's interesting to note that she feels the same way.

more than that though, more than personal losses and gains, is the question of what if they're not cursed, what if this is just some bizarre multiversal ploy to gather question marks in second question mark, because peter's really not sure what the end game here would be. or why, or just—

—anything. )

Good.

( he shifts his weight and reaches into a pocket to pull out a map that he unfolds and places on the table between them. from his other pocket, he pulls out a pen that he immediately taps against his lips. he'd seen that someone else had replied to wanda's post and they'd mentioned a barrier to the west, but he hadn't seen any mention of distance or whether it was, like, before the coast. )

Someone mentioned a barrier, right? ( a beat. ) So unless we want to retrace their steps that leaves us with— ( a wave at the map: everything else. ) Alderglen's here— ( he indicates a small marked point to white pines' east. ) I figure that's as good a place as any to start. ( and ""borrow"" a car. )