Peter falls silent at that, listening. The parallels are easy enough to draw; he assumes that Beck is Greenmantle here, wanting to keep Peter in a (metaphorical) cage. And - what, control him? Get approval out of him? That's the part that confuses him the most; he doesn't know what Beck wants.

And that's what makes him hesitate. Even now, even with those lines connected. "I don't know for sure," he says. "That's what makes this hard."

But. Beck did try to kill him, whereas Gray probably didn't? Ugh, he kind of hates this. Can he ask questions instead? He'd rather know what the heck happened to Ronan. It's way easier than talking about Beck.

"Why'd he try to kill you to begin with?"