"No," Peter said again, shaking his head. "I didn't mean it. I didn't want to hurt anyone. I just... I couldn't control it. The power, it was too strong for me."
He let out his breath, and shook his head. "I'm not telling you this to make you feel bad, Micah. Or to ask for any kind of forgiveness - I don't deserve it, and I don't expect it. I ust want you to understand why your mom... she thinks you're dead. Because for us, you were. She's going to be different from how you remember her, and I wanted to explain why before you saw it."