[ Peregrine’s not going to tell Farrah why she knows when Connor’s birthday is. She’s not going to explain that, nor anything else about that conversation, because even now, she feels it’s almost an invasion of his privacy that she knows it, but— ]

No, he… No one really celebrated his birthday anyway, so… I can’t be sure, but… I think he’d like it. [ … ] After my brother died, everyone’s vigils and everything— it didn’t…it wasn’t for him. It was for them. So many times, people do things and…they say it’s for the dead, but…it’s really not.

[ Like becoming a survivalist and almost killing yourself in the woods. ]

I didn’t wanna do that. [ Again. ] Not…not for Connor.