i mean, none of us told her, either. didn't really seem relevant.
[ Maybe it would have been, if she'd been around when they were first getting used to Harry and everything was so fraught, but they'd had time to adjust and get to know him for him before she came into their lives. ]
we're gonna have to tell her now.
[ Then, because he knows that Harry being Harry, he's probably starting to worry himself sick already. ]
he's not like zoom. he's evil but they don't think the same. thawne never kidnapped joe or iris to make barry get faster. he has other ways of playing people.
[ There's a long pause in between messages as he debates internally. His first instinct is to duck it, to wait until she comes asking. Reiterate that he's a bad man and leave it at that. But she'd been so furious about the particle accelerator— and then Turtle. Even if Thawne wasn't his fault, keeping everything about him from her would be. ]
You know what I'm going to ask you and Allen to do
[ He can think of a lot of things Harry MIGHT ask them to do, but he wants to be certain in advance - Harry can be unpredictable sometimes, particularly when Jesse is involved. ]
[ Oh, only that? He'd been expecting requests for body armor and 24 hour bodyguard protection, just explaining isn't so bad. Awkward, sure, but it's not like either of them are so fucked up about it that they can't even talk about it. ]
are you saying she wouldn't believe it if it were you?
[ There's a number of reasons for it — they're more keenly familiar with Thawne, they've had a broader range of interactions with him and have seen far more than Harrison ever will, and it's information coming from people who aren't her overprotective father. He'll never admit that the real reason is that he just can't stand to see the look on her face when it all comes out — not after everything else that's happened recently. ]
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i mean, none of us told her, either. didn't really seem relevant.
[ Maybe it would have been, if she'd been around when they were first getting used to Harry and everything was so fraught, but they'd had time to adjust and get to know him for him before she came into their lives. ]
we're gonna have to tell her now.
[ Then, because he knows that Harry being Harry, he's probably starting to worry himself sick already. ]
he's not like zoom. he's evil but they don't think the same. thawne never kidnapped joe or iris to make barry get faster. he has other ways of playing people.
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[ There's a long pause in between messages as he debates internally. His first instinct is to duck it, to wait until she comes asking. Reiterate that he's a bad man and leave it at that. But she'd been so furious about the particle accelerator— and then Turtle. Even if Thawne wasn't his fault, keeping everything about him from her would be. ]
You know what I'm going to ask you and Allen to do
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no, i don't know.
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she'll listen if it's from the both of you.
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are you saying she wouldn't believe it if it were you?
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yeah, we can. it's not a problem.
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[ There's a number of reasons for it — they're more keenly familiar with Thawne, they've had a broader range of interactions with him and have seen far more than Harrison ever will, and it's information coming from people who aren't her overprotective father. He'll never admit that the real reason is that he just can't stand to see the look on her face when it all comes out — not after everything else that's happened recently. ]
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once @l.dectus and I get her settled
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[ He waits a couple minutes, knowing Harry probably won't answer him even if he asks, but then he can't resist: ]
you okay?
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is anyone else looking apart from natasha? do you want me to round up some trustworthy faces? you could try bryn, or arya.
[ The more people who are looking, the more likely it is they'll find her quickly. ]
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[ Guess who didn't know Natasha's name until just now, only her impressive resume of throwing rogues through tables. ]
I don't know Bryn. Arya's
No
Keeping it small is for the best
[ there's a long pause between messages. ]
because she may actually kill me if I make a big deal out of it and round up an entire search party
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she's 'tigress' on the network. i trust her.
[ Coming from Cisco that's far from nothing. But Harry's reason for wanting to keep it small is valid. ]
okay that's legit.
just... lemme know when she's safe, ok?
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