[he nods along with stanley's description, but when it comes time to trade, peter's quiet for a moment. it's not that he doesn't think about letha. he thinks about letha all the time. but saying a thing makes it real, puts it out in the world where it can't be taken back.]

She's got these big green eyes, the kind of eyes that believe anything as long as it's good, and her hair always smells like flowers. One day I think she just woke up and decided she was in love with me or something, I never gave her any damn reason. She's all pale and pretty and perfect, and she's a Godfrey, which is literally about as far as you can get from being a Rumancek and still live in the same place. She's pregnant--not with my kid, she got knocked up before I even met her. Says it was an angel, and hell if I know. Doesn't matter.