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"Fixed him," Peter said. He leaned against the front desk. "I took a chance and got healing to work. Which was kinda lucky since I've never practiced it, just been around people who do."

"You can do that?" Sam asked with a grin. "That's awesome!"

Peter found himself grinning back, though he tried to cover it by moving his hair out of his eyes. "Just once. Only a bruise. I'd want some practice before trying anything big. Or on someone who'd have to forgive me since I'm related to them."

"If you want, I can punch Dean a few times and let you practice on him."

Peter snickered. "Nah. It's okay. Nathan's... got his own kinda charm sometimes. Hell, sometimes I want to punch him."

"Like when he decides to put a hit out on me?" Sam said. He tried to make it sound like he was teasing, but there were parts of the previous day's conversation that he couldn't quite ignore.

Peter's face fell. Studying the top of the counter became very fascinating. "That... he was kidding. Badly. I told him it wasn't funny."

"It's okay. I never thought he'd actually do something like that," Sam said. He waited for a moment, watching Peter. "But, hypothetically speaking, if he wanted to, could he do that?"

"Nathan's not a mobster," Peter replied. He continued not making eye contact because being raised around lawyers meant learning how to answer questions very specifically.

That wasn't enough of an answer to satisfy Sam. "Does he know people who are?"

Peter's hair fell forward. He didn't push it back. "Our dad - he was a lawyer. One of his clients was this guy Linderman. He's pretty much the definition of connected."

"Oh wow," Sam said. "Did he ever...I mean, there's a difference between having a client who's connected, and having that client use his connections for you, right?"

"That's how he made his money," Peter said. "All the people Linderman had hurt - worse. Pop may have never pulled a trigger, but he sure as hell never stopped one either."

"Oh." Sam got quiet for a minute. "So, when you and Nathan say that you're not a lot like your dad, that's a good thing."

"Nathan never liked that part of Pop's work," Peter said. Since Sam knew that Nathan was the one the most like their father, Peter wanted to make the distinction clear. "He became a lawyer, but because he wanted to help people. And put guys like Linderman behind bars. Which... he was going to do. We both were."

"You were going to try to take this guy down? Isn't that dangerous?" Sam asked.

Peter gave a wry grimace. "Family of lawyers. We weren't thinking guns so much as grand jury."

"And that would have worked? And gotten your dad away from him?" Sam asked, intrigued.

"We were going to testify," Peter said, quietly. "Against Dad."

"But you changed your mind?"

Peter swallowed. When he spoke, his voice was rough. "Dad wasn't there to testify against anymore."

That certainly put an end to Sam's questions.

"Peter, I'm really sorry," he said. "I shouldn't have asked."

"Nathan's got his reasons for thinking he needs to protect our family," Peter said. "It's not just about his hopes for the White House."

Sam smiled softly. "President Petrelli. Now there's an idea."

Peter smiled that smile that only Nathan could cause. "He'd be good. 'course he'd need me around to keep him grounded."

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