When Heat tried to reject the idea, Peter just shrugged again. "Think what you want, but I've seen it happen." Even though giving an example would probably cause Heat to take his words more seriously, Peter still wasn't prepared to do that. Not when this guy hadn't exactly done him any favors. There were other people he could ask about to confirm what Peter had told him, and all of them were probably going to say the same thing. Wasn't that proof enough?

The man's rejection of his coat caused Peter to pull his arms back into it. He wasn't going to force it on him, since that would most likely just make him even more resistant to taking it. If the guy preferred to freeze, then that was his decision, right? Peter leaned more of his weight against the wall and then went back to watching the other patients.

Even if they had gotten sidetracked from their original topic, the knowledge of Roland's death was still weighing heavily on Peter. He clenched his jaw as the thoughts and feelings from the night before came back to him again. "At least... he didn't have to die with the guilt that he'd killed people he was friendly with," he muttered to himself. It was hardly a consolation for either of them, but it was better than nothing.