Would he like to be on the other side of having waited for Peter to arrive?

The fuck are you?

It's a yes or no question.

...he gues—

Here's Peter getting off his broomstick.

And here's Tae-hwan materializing next to him. "That was so cool."

Also Zach and Eric have been chatting to each other for a bit about nothing in particular, since Zach can also Transportalate and arrived right after Eric did.

...why... can't Eric... remember what he just talked to Zach about.

Why can't he remember why he decided to come on this horrible trip? Or at least why he didn't complain more? This seems extremely unlike him? He's at least Scruberoo'd himself so he no longer feels like there are leeches attached to every inch of his skin but this place sucks it's so humid and hot and the rental doesn't have fucking air conditioning.

"Peter, can we talk."

"Yes. Is this a private kind of talk or...?"

"I don't know! Maybe! Hey Zach, Tae-hwan, do you guys wanna try having ghost sex with each other over there while Peter and I talk?"

"Yeah!"

"Yeah!"

Why did that work. Why did he know it was going to work.

"Let's go outside in that pool, it's too hot and at least I get to be naked and mostly underwater."

"...okay..." Peter follows him outside, looking anxious.

And when he's in the water he starts with, "Peter—"

"Did you become a person?" Peter blurts out immediately.

"—what?"

"Ugh it's so fucking stupid of me to keep hoping, obviously not, it's never true—"

"No, hold on, what? Time out. What does that mean? What else would I be if not a person?"

He wobbles in place and starts blinking several times in a row. "Hey, Venk?"

"Yeah?"

"Go away for a minute?"

"Sure thing, boss." He folds himself back into Peter.

"Okay please continue that line of questioning."

"...you were saying, about me being a person?"