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Coming Back Home (Closed to Peter)
His talk with Kitty and some more time alone caused Alec to return to the Inn. He smelled, but he was used to that, however he did miss showers. Despite the ability to live off the land for at least a month, there were some comforts that Alec missed. Plus he figured he needed to find out how badly he left things with Peter.
He was ready to be told to move out - however he could manage that, anyways.
Alec pushed through the door noticed the note on Peter's bed immediately. The kid wanted to talk - shocker. He dropped his pack and went to hit the shower.
He was ready to be told to move out - however he could manage that, anyways.
Alec pushed through the door noticed the note on Peter's bed immediately. The kid wanted to talk - shocker. He dropped his pack and went to hit the shower.
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Alec kind of felt like a child, but Peter wasn't wrong. Mostly Alec felt like he could never really get out what Peter wanted from him. Like he was always letting the kid down somehow.
He sighed. "I'll watch a movie with you or something. If you want."
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"Blade Runner okay? Liz found it earlier this week."
This will be his 9th rewatch of the film since Liz gave it to him.
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Immediately Alec was aware this was going to be a thing. Still, the excitement was better than the look Peter always gave him. "I have no idea what that is, but sure, fine."
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While the rest of the preview plays, he looks over at Alec.
"You gonna sit on the bed with me?" It's weird watching something with someone when you're not sitting with them.
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Alec paused, then headed to the bed. "I draw the line at cuddling." Only hot women got to cuddle, thank you.
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"I have a girlfriend," he says, pushing over to make room for Alec on the bed. But before they can say anything else, Peter watches the movie, rapt with attention. He loves this beginning sequence so much. It's a lot better than the opening scroll of the Star Wars movies. It felt serious in a way that Star Wars sometimes wasn't.
He'd never tell Ned that.
There's moments during the film where Peter mouths the dialogue, but like with Liz, his lips follow Roy Batty's final soliloquy perfectly.
When it's over, Peter sits there for awhile the credits roll. He looks over at Alec. "What did you think?"
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One thing was for certain - Peter was a big nerd.
However, as the movie went, Alec sort of... Related. He usually thought science-fiction movies were lame and unrealistic, but the idea that someone would make human-looking people to do their bidding was a familiar one.
"I think if the replicants were better organized they could take over Mars for themselves."
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Peter looks back at the TV's dark screen.
"I think Roy's probably more human than even Deckard."
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The way that Replicants had a shelf life almost reminded him of how a lot of the X series came down with Progeria at some point in their life. Manticore could reverse the problem if it happened, but some of the ones who escaped with Max hadn't been so lucky. He had been told he was 'fixed' from that particular abnormality, but it wasn't a certain. Nothing ever was when it came to your genes.
"It's not about making sense. It's about control and cutting your loses." He saw a lot of parallels there. "The Replicants posed a threat and also made them look stupid. Best way to show power is to eliminate and show your dominance. Plus you can sweep any other issues under the rug that way."
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Peter takes a breath, bows his head and scratches the back of his neck. "I just -- you know, I like that Roy spared Deckard even though Deckard did so much wrong to him and the others. I think that even though he wasn't human, he understood the value of life and what it meant to be good better than even Deckard. It made me rethink the whole movie the first time I saw it. Was Deckard really the good guy? Were the Replicants really the bad guys? Roy never got a chance. He was just a victim of the system."
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He listened and didn't necessarily disagree with Peter, perhaps for once. The kid had obviously thought a lot about it. "You're not thinking like a soulless money-making machine." Peter would never be in charge of something like Manticore.
"How many time have you actually watched this movie?"
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There was a blank stare in his direction. And some blinking. Definitely deadpanned.
"...Nine." A question, but somehow a statement at the same time.
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"You weren't here, so I had a lot of free time," he explains, as if this is a totally reasonable solution to that particular problem.
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"You know there are other films in the inn, right?" He paused. He knew Peter had a Star Wars one. "How many times have you watched that one about Star Wars?"
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Peter is pretty sure Alec doesn't actually want the answer to that question.
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His fingers went back to the bridge of his nose. "We need to get you more of a life."
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"Sure there are. There are things. We could go hunt. There's definitely rabbit and shit out there." Alec had no idea there were worse things, but still. "You could, I don't know, take up... log chopping or something."
Something manly.
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Peter gives Alec a bewildered look. Rabbit he could see, but --
"Do you chop logs back home?"
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Alec shrugged. "Sure, why not? I mean, I would if I had to. Half of surviving in the wood is using the trees for stuff." Alec could survive off the land for months, really, if he needed to. "At the very least how about you come on my runs with me. Maybe we'll be able to get your stamina up."
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"But yeah," he says begrudgingly. "I'll go."
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"Okay. I do 50 miles a day." He wasn't even kidding. He'd been doing 30 since he was six. "It'll be good for you."
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"If you time it right? Exactly four hours. Brings you right back here so you don't have to walk back." He could push himself and do less, but he kept a constant speed for training. "...We can ease you in."
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