Peter slows and grows quiet when Dipper tells him to look. He meets his gaze as he looks up at him, and he doesn't say a word, but he listens to what he says, hearing, understanding as well as he can without knowing the details of it. He just nods after a moment, sitting back with a grim expression on his face, accepting it, accepting it and understanding having that responsibility. He carries his own responsibility every single day.
It's what they do when they know more, when they have greater power. It's a responsibility even if he wishes he could take it from Dipper despite the fierceness with which Peter clings to his own responsibility.
"Sometimes that's not enough. Sometimes you can try and try... and try, and you still can't save everyone. It sucks having all the knowledge you have, but not being able to use that to keep people from harm because they won't listen. It's dumb, and there's not always answers to how to fix it. It's just- it's the way things are sometimes and it's terrible, but it's okay to take time to just feel everything. If you don't, it's gonna crush you one day, and you deserve more than that, Dipper."
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It's what they do when they know more, when they have greater power. It's a responsibility even if he wishes he could take it from Dipper despite the fierceness with which Peter clings to his own responsibility.
"Sometimes that's not enough. Sometimes you can try and try... and try, and you still can't save everyone. It sucks having all the knowledge you have, but not being able to use that to keep people from harm because they won't listen. It's dumb, and there's not always answers to how to fix it. It's just- it's the way things are sometimes and it's terrible, but it's okay to take time to just feel everything. If you don't, it's gonna crush you one day, and you deserve more than that, Dipper."