You're the worst kept secret this side of California.
[He doesn't mean Peter specifically, but, well. Maybe Peter is technically still legally dead. Who even knows. As he starts the ignition, Chris finds himself sighing, like there's nothing else for it.] Few months ago Gerard started recruiting new hunters. Started branching outside of his usual sources and went local.
[The glance he spares Peter's way is ... regretful. Guilty. ] Really local. He gave a gun to anyone who stepped up. Everyone knows, Peter. We're supposed to be in a truce, but -- [Gerard's manipulations have always been infamous, and he's always been the kind to inspire the kind of hatred that sits in the bones to fester. Kate's the poster child for it. ] Fear changes people. It makes or breaks them. Some of them can't move on.
[He's looking at the road again.] Some of the younger ones might not recognise you, but the older ones -- the Hale's have been here a long time, Peter. I really don't need to fish out a bullet from you just because someone saw you look ten years younger and decided to panic shoot you. Or me.
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[He doesn't mean Peter specifically, but, well. Maybe Peter is technically still legally dead. Who even knows. As he starts the ignition, Chris finds himself sighing, like there's nothing else for it.] Few months ago Gerard started recruiting new hunters. Started branching outside of his usual sources and went local.
[The glance he spares Peter's way is ... regretful. Guilty. ] Really local. He gave a gun to anyone who stepped up. Everyone knows, Peter. We're supposed to be in a truce, but -- [Gerard's manipulations have always been infamous, and he's always been the kind to inspire the kind of hatred that sits in the bones to fester. Kate's the poster child for it. ] Fear changes people. It makes or breaks them. Some of them can't move on.
[He's looking at the road again.] Some of the younger ones might not recognise you, but the older ones -- the Hale's have been here a long time, Peter. I really don't need to fish out a bullet from you just because someone saw you look ten years younger and decided to panic shoot you. Or me.