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[mygoodsir]

I told her she would be safe.

If we find the Alpha, we can do better than a cage. But I will need your help.

Yes, of course.

[transponders]

You tried to reassure her. She's smart enough to know that.

You've got it. What's your plan?

[mygoodsir]

I thought she would be safe. Uncomfortable, but safe.

We discover the alpha, and then we get me killed.

[transponders]

You want to...bait him into another kill? Why you?

[mygoodsir]

If I die, so does another.

[transponders]

Don't fuck with me, Harry.

[mygoodsir]

I'm not.

You have a role. So do I.

[transponders]

Okay. So your plan is, find out who it is, and I kill you, so he can die too?

[mygoodsir]

It can't be you. I think it has to be one of them. They didn't give me a rule book, I'm afraid - this is all rather intuitive. As long as one of them kills me, it doesn't matter which, I believe I may target whoever I wish.

You see why I'm asking you for help.


Firstly, we must narrow our suspects once more.

[transponders]

I think if the alpha could be easily baited, Buffy would have pulled it off with her stunt last time.

Bob seems too nice. The vampires are still a mystery to me, but if August didn't do it, it's gotta be one of them. Let's hope so, they should be easy to bait with a nice neck, right?

[mygoodsir]

Yes. I'm hoping one of their underlings is more impulsive.

Do you actually know this Bob? I confess I never noticed him.

[transponders]

Time for you to start making a scene. Vampires seem like they could get fired up at you.

Not one bit! But he looked like he was about to cry over the accusation.

[mygoodsir]

It seems that way.

Poor fellow.

[transponders]

One of them has to be one. Keep pushing.

Got any idea how to narrow it down?

[mygoodsir]

I'm so terribly bad at confrontation. Ah, well.

I am going to go back through my notes and search for commonalities I must have missed.

[transponders]

What if I were to make an accusation? Just to fish around. All the cool kids are doing it.

Say I got my information from you.

[mygoodsir]

Oh, yes, join Hawk in this madness? No. We want real information, not hysterics.

[transponders]

I don't really care what that guy's up to, I'm just saying, tensions are getting high. If you want to bait an attacker, that's the way to go.

[mygoodsir]

You would indeed now.
Very well. But I don't wish you to put yourself in danger. You already have enough. And if I'm dead, you'll be the one left to go on if we are mistaken.

[transponders]

I won't until I have a name. I'll keep you updated.

[mygoodsir]

And I you.

Be careful, Misty.