The food might go a bit tepid but it's in no anger of going cold entirely. Normally Peter eats with the rush growing boys seem to have, as though the food will be gone if they don't hurry to shovel as much of it into their faces as possible the second they're welcome to the table. He's too weak to hurry this though. His hands tremble when he eats and after spilling on himself once (okay maybe twice) Peter's going to slow down to ensure he's not wasting the meal Horvath's given him.

So it takes a while for Peter to reply to Horvath's words. Once the meal's finished he can focus again on things like conversation.

"Y...yeah. Did. Did folks ever figure out what it was that hurt Steve? Didn't you say it was a uhm. A curse?"