[ there's a breath of a pause before peter answers, his expression saying it is even if he doesn't vocalise it. ] —Like The Wizard of Oz? [ he half asks, eyeing alex doubtfully before adding: ] I'm pretty sure that's not a fabricated memory. [ explaining the joke makes it less funny, everyone knows that, so peter opts to move on — and it's easier than lingering on the knowledge that his memories are an assortment of incomplete and incorrect. it raises questions about who he is that he's not certain he wants to dwell on, not yet and not here.
instead, then— ] And they've probably got cutlery somewhere.
F I N A L L Y (aka sorry for taking so long)
instead, then— ] And they've probably got cutlery somewhere.