It sounded...fun. He was half paying attention to Al, half reading through the book, skimming over the interesting parts. He was startled when Al moved closer to look at the book as well, but was again distracted with the game to protest the closeness.
"I don't think two people would be enough either," Peter said, and why the fuck was he even entertaining the idea of playing a fucking game with Al Potter. But he wasn't completely annoying, and had grasped the possible Arithmantic possibilities of this game quickly.
And fighting dragons, even imaginary ones, sounded fun. And he hadn't had fun in a very long time.
But he wasn't going to start now. "We have work to do." But his voice lacked conviction, especially as he didn't close the book, instead pointed out a particularly interesting section on statistics.