That hadn't been what he'd meant to imply - just that there's still a chance that things could still hit the fan on Gabi's side of things. Though sometimes, the consequences don't catch up with him, or them, in this case, till much later.
Stiles continues to pick at the food on his plate, pushing the remaining pieces around rather than eating them while they're talking. "Things never really stop happening, they just don't always affect you," he says, rubbing one hand over his face. Which amounts to the same thing as nothing happening, when you can choose not to get involved.
"Point." This is a lot like the hunters versus supernatural creatures thing all over again, with the exception being that nobody from either side is willing to ignore the generations-old animosity to make friends with each other. "And a little of that will depend on how quickly said group can pull themselves together - I would have already tried to find places Gabi could be found if I were them&mdash" and they've had hours to do so— "but they would also need to figure out her schedule to do anything without getting caught." It's been less than a day since her information's been floating around, and while he doesn't think collateral damage would be a huge deterrent, being brought in for their actions would be. There's a window of time, small though it might be. "Personally? I would have made her disappear into the system as fast as possible, not provide her with bodyguards."
As to what they can do... Stiles isn't sure hyper-awareness would be the right term for it, because he still associates that with the psychological definition. That would have them jumping at every little odd noise that they encounter. But alert - he can get behind that.
"If anyone did try something, their best bet would be to break in through the door - and while it would be a terrible idea to barricade it, we still can make it harder than they expect. I mean, we can't exactly Home Alone the place," because where would they even find half those things? Plus, there's the clean up after. "But we can rearrange the furniture." Give themselves cover, and keep the people who could come in from having a direct line to her room.
Somehow, during the course of all that, Stiles starts gnawing on his fork, and he puts it down again when he realizes. He too looks over towards the bathroom door, though it remains closed for now. Gabi might check in with them before she heads to bed, but she's taking her time about it.
"Though I have to say, paranoia will definitely help us stay awake tonight."
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Stiles continues to pick at the food on his plate, pushing the remaining pieces around rather than eating them while they're talking. "Things never really stop happening, they just don't always affect you," he says, rubbing one hand over his face. Which amounts to the same thing as nothing happening, when you can choose not to get involved.
"Point." This is a lot like the hunters versus supernatural creatures thing all over again, with the exception being that nobody from either side is willing to ignore the generations-old animosity to make friends with each other. "And a little of that will depend on how quickly said group can pull themselves together - I would have already tried to find places Gabi could be found if I were them&mdash" and they've had hours to do so— "but they would also need to figure out her schedule to do anything without getting caught." It's been less than a day since her information's been floating around, and while he doesn't think collateral damage would be a huge deterrent, being brought in for their actions would be. There's a window of time, small though it might be. "Personally? I would have made her disappear into the system as fast as possible, not provide her with bodyguards."
As to what they can do... Stiles isn't sure hyper-awareness would be the right term for it, because he still associates that with the psychological definition. That would have them jumping at every little odd noise that they encounter. But alert - he can get behind that.
"If anyone did try something, their best bet would be to break in through the door - and while it would be a terrible idea to barricade it, we still can make it harder than they expect. I mean, we can't exactly Home Alone the place," because where would they even find half those things? Plus, there's the clean up after. "But we can rearrange the furniture." Give themselves cover, and keep the people who could come in from having a direct line to her room.
Somehow, during the course of all that, Stiles starts gnawing on his fork, and he puts it down again when he realizes. He too looks over towards the bathroom door, though it remains closed for now. Gabi might check in with them before she heads to bed, but she's taking her time about it.
"Though I have to say, paranoia will definitely help us stay awake tonight."