[Cora's eyes narrow, because she's trying to read between the lines of what Damon's implying, but before she can come up with a witty retort, a scream echoes through the air.
The thing about a banshee's scream, is that while humans aren't specifically attuned, the supernatural are. Both werewolves snap to attention, turning in the direction of that supersonic sound.
Probably, somewhere over a tub of cotton candy, two vampires do too.
As the sound fades, Cora's eyes meet Scott's as she pushes up to her feet, prepared to move.]
( (9) Less attune to Lydia's scream, he just hears a scream, not having heard her cry the night Stiles died. But, Cora and Scott making the connection and having better ears than him (and knowing her scream) snaps him to attention, too, as he looks back in that direction and then to Cora and Scott. )
[It doesn't escape her notice that Stiles is still missing. Tension gathers in her shoulders, hoping that Lydia is screaming for something unrelated. She gathers what remains of her food to toss in the trash as she looks to Scott for confirmation.]
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( And he's above explaining biological systems. )
Should I ask the same of Stiles, or do we both pretend we don't know where our dates are? You heard. I heard. We have impeccable hearing.
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The thing about a banshee's scream, is that while humans aren't specifically attuned, the supernatural are. Both werewolves snap to attention, turning in the direction of that supersonic sound.
Probably, somewhere over a tub of cotton candy, two vampires do too.
As the sound fades, Cora's eyes meet Scott's as she pushes up to her feet, prepared to move.]
Lydia.
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You heard it, too. Lydia? ( Wait. )
She screamed.
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[It doesn't escape her notice that Stiles is still missing. Tension gathers in her shoulders, hoping that Lydia is screaming for something unrelated. She gathers what remains of her food to toss in the trash as she looks to Scott for confirmation.]
We should go.
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( He's not asking. )
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[And with that, off they go to track down the banshee and weave their way into the main thread.]