[There is a joke to be made at Peter's expense, but it's maybe lost on Chris' way out of the car. He's checking his gun, his mouth pulled into a wry kind of smile that suggests otherwise, but the words never really fully form beyond an amused yet, and then they're moving. Everything about Chris these days is engineered to tolerate smart-asses. He's tolerating Peter with surprising ease. Worse, he's finding that he doesn't actually dislike him very much at all. Maybe this is just his penance: doomed to find himself sort-of liking annoying young people.
What might be strange for Peter, is that Chris is watching his back. Not keeping tabs on him specifically (which he is, but less pressingly), but rather genuinely watching out for anyone and anything creeping in the shadows. Dead hunters attract more than other hunters, sometimes. Especially this close to Beacon Hills. Nothing is ever truly a surprise anymore, and least of all Peter having a vault somewhere in the middle of shipping crates and abandoned industry ghosts.
(He does think, quite blithely, that there's always the possibility that Peter might lead him into a trap. But to what end? Just because? Well ...) ]
I know I shouldn't, but I really gotta ask why you Hale's always end up in places like this. [It's quiet enough that Chris could be talking to himself. Peter might know, or have some vague idea. Maybe not. Chris has noticed enough differences now to be able to place a definite distinction between Peter Hale and Okayish Peter. ]
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What might be strange for Peter, is that Chris is watching his back. Not keeping tabs on him specifically (which he is, but less pressingly), but rather genuinely watching out for anyone and anything creeping in the shadows. Dead hunters attract more than other hunters, sometimes. Especially this close to Beacon Hills. Nothing is ever truly a surprise anymore, and least of all Peter having a vault somewhere in the middle of shipping crates and abandoned industry ghosts.
(He does think, quite blithely, that there's always the possibility that Peter might lead him into a trap. But to what end? Just because? Well ...) ]
I know I shouldn't, but I really gotta ask why you Hale's always end up in places like this. [It's quiet enough that Chris could be talking to himself. Peter might know, or have some vague idea. Maybe not. Chris has noticed enough differences now to be able to place a definite distinction between Peter Hale and Okayish Peter. ]