Peter doesn't say anything for almost a minute, carefully considering what Professor River has told him. He probably could have stayed quiet a little bit longer and thought about it a bit longer, but he realized (perhaps a little too late) how long he had gone without saying something.

"Yeah," he says, finally, nodding. There's a brief pause, and then Peter continues:

"It's always bothered me, even when I was a kid, that adults don't really want to tell you everything because they don't think you're going to understand or you're not going to be able to handle it or something." Peter's not really sure of their motives, but he thinks he's probably right. But maybe he's wrong.

"And I guess," he kind of waves a hand out, gesturing vaguely. "It's like that in the history textbooks we read in school that paint certain leaders, certain countries in a more positive light than others. That make heroes and villains out of people who really shouldn't be."

And sometimes, Peter wonders about that. About whether or not his heroes were really heroes, and about whether his villains are really as bad as they're supposed to be.

Peter rubs the side of his nose and chuckles lightly. "Sorry," he says, apologetically. "I know this was supposed to be a history lesson, but I think I'm just starting to ramble."