If alive's the baseline... [ peter half-remarks with a twitch of a smile, although he doesn't bother finishing the sentiment. his attention flickers to the door when elden comments on the 'problems out there', eyebrows knitting together in a slight frown. (still?)

he shifts his weight ever so slightly, unable to help the uncomfortable, antsy feeling at the thought that there were still more people outside that needed help. ] —Uh, a little bit bruised, a couple of grazes, nothing I've not experienced before, [ he answers with a wave of a hand, somewhere between distracted and dismissive: he's had worse and he'll explain as much, but first— ]

Elden, when you say problems out there, do you mean there are still spirits attacking people?