[ It seems Peregrine's not too keen on this idea either, because she scowls. ]

He didn't make us do anything. [ She wants to quickly but quietly correct that; quietly, because she wants to hear what he has to say.

To teach somebody how to prepare themselves, to tell them the truth about the world? She nods. That's what he's doing. Not anything inappropriate. ]

...I came to him. I wanted to know what he knew. I wanted to get to know him, after Jacob.