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Ghost Story & Aftermath spoilers: Anyone notice... Toto?

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KevinSig:
Toto growled both at Felicia the White Court vampire...  And Marci.  He (she?) could also detect Dresden's ghost.  And note that he wasn't aggressive to all werewolves, as Toto really seems to like Will.

Going back to Aftermath, there was something about Marci that Murphy just plain didn't like.  She put the poor girl through the ringer, with the threshold test & questioned her pretty thoroughly.

She also supposedly walked away from a sweet job at ILM, but lived out of the equivalent of a cardboard box.  To the extend that she's got a bit of cash saved up, living on the interest.  Then suddenly had a change of heart, and came to the conclusion that it was more important to be back with the other werewolves.

True, she did have a 'thing' with Andi, and after Kirby's death, that might be all there is to it.  Still, even if Andi & Marci were close, dropping everything is usually a big deal, and Marci didn't even seem to question her motives.

Murphy is pretty on the paranoid these days & Toto...  is kinda insane.  So, there might be nothing to this.

But what if there isn't?  What if we're being given hints that Marci is something of a double agent, and we're not noticing them?

The last time this was discussed, I suggested the possibility that she might be one of Marcone's people.  Aftermath, seen from a certain perspective, seems to suggest that Marcone has talents of his own (Gard talking about having their troubleshooters being taken, and the Formor only seemed interested in taking talents.).

Alternatively, she might have had her brains redecorated, maybe exactly like Luccio. 

Or maybe something else.  Or maybe nothing.

One thing that bothers me more than most things, how did Marci know that Murphy was being fired?  It just barely happened, but in Aftermath, Marci clearly knew.  Maybe Will brought it up in his phone messages, but it seems like a kind of detail that he wouldn't share while his wife was missing.

Kevin

xakko:
You may have a point, there's a lot here and in Aftermath to make you wonder. - but Abby did have to use her precog to stop Toto from going after Will after he got done with being growly at Marci.

It could also be a stealth reference to the Discworld, were wolves and Werewolves do not get along too well.

KevinSig:

--- Quote from: xakko on August 24, 2011, 11:57:39 PM ---You may have a point, there's a lot here and in Aftermath to make you wonder. - but Abby did have to use her precog to stop Toto from going after Will after he got done with being growly at Marci.
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I suggest you reread, as Toto is jumping at Will because he likes him, hence the latter scene where he snuggles next to Will's wolf form.  Will even smiles as Toto lunges at him, so from my reading Toto has no ill will towards Will, just Marci.

Which is a tad peculiar to me.

xakko:

--- Quote from: KevinSig on August 25, 2011, 12:09:10 AM ---I suggest you reread, as Toto is jumping at Will because he likes him, hence the latter scene where he snuggles next to Will's wolf form.  Will even smiles as Toto lunges at him, so from my reading Toto has no ill will towards Will, just Marci.

Which is a tad peculiar to me.

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hard to say - "the little dog abruptly sprang out of Abby's arms"... "Abby shushed the Yorkie and frowned at Will"  I took Will's smile as him being amused.  And while Jim doesn't specify if he showed teeth, that would be a sign of aggression.  I don't think Abby would've felt the need to stop Toto or frown at Will if the dog were just going to happily trot over for a scritch.

I imagine in his Wolf form, Toto recognizes Will as the Alpha.  er.  no pun intended...

KevinSig:
I've known dogs that jumping is a sign of affection (can't recall if there's anything that supports this from White Night, but plan to look at Toto's behavior from said book), given the later sentiment of snuggling next to Will, I assumed the reation carried over to both forms.

Since it's only indicated that Toto is growling at Marci specifically, I took that as a clue.

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