Peter could understand his reasoning, but really in the end it didn't matter. You didn't retain any of the information you learned in Lawrence when you were sent back. But he wasn't sure he needed to burst that bubble for Ward just yet. Let the man have his peace of knowing, even if Peter was pretty sure whatever he found out would be anything but peaceful. Investigations into the fictional never really were. "Just remember you can't change anything, you can't fix it." was the best advice he had, really. And whether he meant because they were stuck until the Seal gave up on them, or that there was no fixing things because everything was part of some fixed timeline that would play out the same no matter what, was completely up for debate.
"So, your typical double-crossing, spies on the inside, rogue agents kinda deal?" That all sounded so...Hollywood, phrasing it like that, but Peter supposed some things would always feel that way, even if they were actually parts of other people's lives. Sometimes, he (...)