Peter frowned at Stiles though he nodded. "Of course. I live with their screams, with the knowledge I couldn't save them from inside. He lives with the knowledge he wasn't there to die with them. We both have our own pain over their loss, and our own way of handling it. I sought revenge and now fight the monster she made by her actions. He fights the monster she made of what he sees as his own actions," he said, speaking low so others wouldn't over hear.

He considered that. "The nurse was my paranoia. I still was fighting for control of the psychosis the fire caused. I recognize it now. Then, then it just seemed who I was. I almost couldn't remember the man I was before. I knew though that people left. Like Derek had. I didn't want to lose Scott the same way."