[ peter's noticed her since they started unloading the supplies, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out what she's doing. it takes one to know one, after all, and peter figures in a situation like this, it's understandable. supplies are limited, and if he's hearing things right, they won't be the only new batch of people for a while.

he's already got his hands up when she rounds on him, in the universal gesture of i come in peace, don't mind me. what he doesn't expect is the concern, though, and he actually looks down at his uniform for a moment. ]

Uh, yeah. Yeah, I'm good. [ as good as he can be, at least. ] I mean, between you and me, I was never really a big fan of the uniform anyway, but I wasn't part of the design team.

[ casually dodging the real answer, but he quickly changes the subject. ]

What about you?