[ the exasperation apparently in the lines of ryan's magnificent forehead are all the indication that peter needs to know he's won this round with his sheer, dogged, cheery annoyance. he smiles and picks up the menu, but doesn't open it just yet, figuring that ryan's scared the waitress away for a good few minutes. ]

Gives you quite the headache, I know.

[ peter can relate. instantly. he'd spent a handful of minutes in that damnable hospital bed trying to put two and two together only to end up with his hands over his eyes, a migraine, some paperwork, and a nearly cocked-up name. ]

It's certainly not on a list of places I've been to, [ he sighs, voice going softer between the two of them. ] Barely traveled off planet save for a time or two, but i've certainly never been to some... low-tech place like this. [ at least peter remembers how to lie, that much he can find comfort in. he doesn't have to remember himself. that doesn't matter. ]