[ was it eaten? wesley asks and peter realises, quite suddenly, that he's not actually sure. the assumption is yes, but when it comes down to it, he doesn't know. he's also not really sure if the creatures eat worlds in a literal sense or if it's metaphorical — honestly, it could be either and he's not really sure which of the two concepts is more or less unsettling. ]

Well, it wasn't always dark and the World Eaters are attracted by light, so— yeah, probably. [ he pauses, then: ] No-one really knows what the World Eaters are, it could be a metaphorical thing, but... [ he trails off, lifting a shoulder in a light shrug. ] No-one here's seen them — the town gets reset before they have a chance to, uh, eat the world, or whatever it is they do...

—Apparently thinking of it like a checkpoint's a good way of wrapping your head around it.