"Yeah," Peter says, nodding, and he's glad he managed not to stutter for once.

"Really? You've been studying, too?" Peter feels a jolt of excitement at that particular admission. There's not many people he could think of that would end up transported to an alternate reality that would spend a lot of time focusing on their studies. Sure, he would, but it never occurred to him that someone else might actually feel the same way.

"I've been studying, too. I mean, I've basically gone through all the books I had in my backpack by now, but I'm sure that the Boutique will have something new sooner or later." It certainly made sure that he had this suit today. "I've been here about... four or five months now." Wow, was it really that long? "So I guess it's not really a surprise I've gone through everything that I own."

The conversation lapses into the briefest of silences, which Peter quickly races in to fill. "You, uh, work at the restaurant?"

Immediately, Peter is mentally facepalming. Of course she does -- she just said that.

"I mean, uh, yeah... what do you do there?"