Peter makes no attempt to disguise his approach. Edmund knows he is on his way and there is only so much time that it takes to make it from one room of any of the houses to the lawn below. Confining his brother to a room or set of rooms may seem over simplified but he prefers this tactic to letting Edmund run amuck through the City's entirety.

"You're quite sure about this?" he inquires, already knowing the answer, familiar with the mechanics of a curse and how it blindsides the affected to their usual sensibilities.