[ As he's tiptoeing towards this, all of it — Peter abruptly flinches back a little. Those next words are... scary ones, elicit images of horror movies, things screaming; he's always had a weak stomach for it.

(The implication that those words are real, well... Peter's starting to look mildly nauseated through the lingering confusion. She's scary....! And while he's still struggling to accept this as reality, there is very much the thought that he does not want to offend this person!) ]

I— um. I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to um— I just didn't know stuff like that actually existed. Exorcists and... stuff. I always thought that was just in like... movies.