Look, Rowena and I are going to figure out what's going on with Damian, and what he saw when he dealt with the body. We'll get as much information as we can. You focus on Lydia.
[is David's response when Allison Argent's name pops up on his caller ID. He had hoped that they might be able to get a little bit farther before Allison got pulled into this but he should have known better, given that this is her best friend.
He takes a breath, before stepping away from where Rusty and Ezra are going over what Rusty remembers about Kirsanov's compound to take the call.]
About one of my assets having to run for his life or railroading my best friend into helping your cause? I have a lot of questions that begin with 'are you dividing and conquering my team?' and end with is this the favor I owe you, and if so, what was the near death experience in the vampire jungle. I'm having trouble keeping track.
( Talk her down because this won't be pretty David. )
Okay, first of all, yes. We are even. Whatever I'm asking of Lydia has nothing to do with our arrangement. We are square.
[Now that that's out of the way:]
I am not trying to divide and conquer your team. I am sorry about how we had to approach Lydia, but we don't exactly have a lot of leeway on time. As for your asset ...
[He turns and gives a confused look at his husband.]
Why Lydia? If you want me to support this, I need to know everything, David. I need to know you're not sending my best friend into the fire without a plan. Without contingencies. And, if you don't have those answers yet, then call me when you do.
( She hangs up, done. Done for now, anyway. She knows he gave Lydia until the morning.
Ezra tries to feel out what just happened.
"So, that tenuous level of trust between us and Allison Argent...?")
We did. Isn't that her best friend from high school? I know we aren't sentimental about our school days, but Allison's beginnings are wrapped up in them. And Scott McCall and everyone else in Beacon Hills. She's taking it personally. ... We didn't think about her.
I did but I also thought that Lydia was a grown adult and Allison and I were even so Lydia could make her own choices. I didn't think that she would summon Allison like a shield.
[Though he should have. He would have done the same if someone went after Ezra.]
But now this is even more delicate than we originally anticipated. She also wants the plan, as well as contingencies.
Okay. We need to just focus on the plan. I will deal with Allison. She's not expecting a response until we have more information for her so let's at least get this part right.
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Look, Rowena and I are going to figure out what's going on with Damian, and what he saw when he dealt with the body. We'll get as much information as we can. You focus on Lydia.
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( She doesn't message David, in this case, she calls him directly with a deep sigh. )
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[is David's response when Allison Argent's name pops up on his caller ID. He had hoped that they might be able to get a little bit farther before Allison got pulled into this but he should have known better, given that this is her best friend.
He takes a breath, before stepping away from where Rusty and Ezra are going over what Rusty remembers about Kirsanov's compound to take the call.]
Allison, I can explain.
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( Talk her down because this won't be pretty David. )
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Okay, first of all, yes. We are even. Whatever I'm asking of Lydia has nothing to do with our arrangement. We are square.
[Now that that's out of the way:]
I am not trying to divide and conquer your team. I am sorry about how we had to approach Lydia, but we don't exactly have a lot of leeway on time. As for your asset ...
[He turns and gives a confused look at his husband.]
Who's running for their life?
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Oh. Right. The message. Shit. "Damian Jericho was marked after destroying the first body. I had never seen anything like it, I wasn't of much help." )
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I didn't know about Damian until right now. After we get off the phone, I can have a look at what's happening with him after we're done.
[And he will. But he doesn't think that that's the major issue.]
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( She hangs up, done. Done for now, anyway. She knows he gave Lydia until the morning.
Ezra tries to feel out what just happened.
"So, that tenuous level of trust between us and Allison Argent...?" )
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[He sighs as he slumps down into a chair.]
She feels like we ran around her by going to Lydia directly.
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( And should they have, really? )
I didn't think of her.
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[Though he should have. He would have done the same if someone went after Ezra.]
But now this is even more delicate than we originally anticipated. She also wants the plan, as well as contingencies.
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( He knew it was coming - almost, anyway. )
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[Though that's stating the obvious a bit.]
Okay. We need to just focus on the plan. I will deal with Allison. She's not expecting a response until we have more information for her so let's at least get this part right.
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( All they need is for something else to rock the boat. )
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[They don't need Stiles until they need him.]
Jaqueline may be difficult but she understands the stakes. And Sierra will stand by Jaq.
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( Everything is getting foggier. )
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[How many of their ancestors have murdered him over the years?]
But I don't think he intends to stab us in the back unless we give him reason to.
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( Which is good enough. )
I think Lydia will say yes.
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[He's not suspicious, he's more curious. He's not quite ready to put all of those eggs in one basket.]
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( Who could know? )
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[And as he says that, his phone buzzes with Harvey's text. He sighs and holds it up for him.]
And she's currently got one of the best lawyers around on her side.
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( He shakes his head. )
Stiles is going to be moved off the table.
( He picks up his own phone, sending a rapid-fire text to Jaqueline
You need to make contact. Harvey connected the dots. )
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[It takes a minute before a response comes: And while we're making contact, what do you want us to do with the werewolf he recently brought to town?]
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