[ "Sweaty fairy palms" is a new one on Peter, and it earns a quick, surprised laugh. ]

You've got a poetic way of putting things.

[ And he means that genuinely, surprisingly.

The guy clearly doesn't want to talk about whatever he found in that book, and Peter is smart enough to know that it isn't any of his business – and more than that, he doubts the guy wants to share with a total stranger whatever it was that got him so spooked.

So wisely, he rolls with the conversation. ]

Saw what might actually pass for a dive out here in Wonderland. Was about to head there, myself.

[ And he gestures with a thumb over his shoulder – a near universal sign for, "You wanna get out of here?" ]

Want some company?