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Unanswered Peace Talks / Battle Ground Question - There will be others
KurtinStGeorge:
Exactly who was watching Justine and why?
We know Lara had her people watching Justine. That makes sense.
Harry hired Goodman Grey to watch Justine. That makes sense.
People from the Chicago PD and the local FBI office were watching Justine. Why?
Goodman Grey told Harry that Agent Tilly wasn’t involved; as far as he good see, but it was people from the same local FBI office. Could these FBI agents have been doing surveillance for the benefit of the Librarian’s? I imagine these “Men in Black” are small in number and might occasionally need help from other more traditional Federal agencies, but that’s just a guess.
That still doesn’t tell us why the Librarians or any mortal agency would be interested in Justine. Someone would have to have some pretty detailed records about the White Court to want to put surveillance on her or at least know that she was Thomas Raith’s lover and that he was involved in a hit of a major supernatural power.
However, that knowledge could only come from someone well connected within the supernatural community. So not someone like the Alphas or most paraneters, with the exception of Paranoid Gary. It could have come from within any of the major powers, but that doesn’t tell us why someone in the know would share that information with mortals. However, for the sake of argument let’s say someone traded this information with the Librarians. What about the Chicago PD?
My guess is that whoever started the investigation against Harry and Murphy was the same group or person who put Chicago PD personnel to watch Justine, but why? She had nothing to do with the break in at Marcone’s bank. Originally, I thought that whoever was working for the Outsiders was behind Rudolph and his partner, but why would HWWBs put surveillance on itself? This suggests another party is involved. Just a guess, but we haven’t heard anything about the late Wizard Peabody’s partner; the one whose presence Harry felt on Demonreach, since Turn Coat. Whoever was responsible, it doesn't explain how they gained enough influence within the Chicago PD to get the investigation started.
These are just rough guesses. They are not even deeply worked out WAG’s.
Mira:
Cowl maybe? Frankly I was surprised he didn't show in either of the books. He could have been
the one who set the corner hounds on Harry and Eb.
Well, since we know now that mortals can get infested by Nemesis, why couldn't someone on the police force or in the F.B.I. be as well. Maybe they weren't watching Justine so much as watching to
see how well their plan was unfolding? Justine/HWWBeside did say the purpose of her getting pregnant was a distraction.
Bad Alias:
--- Quote from: KurtinStGeorge on October 21, 2020, 02:45:09 AM ---Whoever was responsible, it doesn't explain how they gained enough influence within the Chicago PD to get the investigation started.
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Mind control, bribery, blackmail, and coercion are always options.
morriswalters:
One possibility is that Justine(HWWBs) sicced them on herself as a ploy to get them looking at Lara or just for the chaos factor. More of preparing the way type of activity?
Mira:
--- Quote from: morriswalters on October 21, 2020, 08:20:30 AM ---One possibility is that Justine(HWWBs) sicced them on herself as a ploy to get them looking at Lara or just for the chaos factor. More of preparing the way type of activity?
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Yup, Justine/HWWBs suggested that very thing, distractions. To drill down on it even more, consider, when Harry went to see Justine to tell her about Thomas, he couldn't put his finger on it, but he felt that something was off about her reaction. Justine/HWWBs knows that Harry is a decent detective and can be like a chicken on a bug when something gets in his head.. So immediate distraction, corner hounds, then police and F.B.I., Harry is no longer concentrating on her, he has other problems.
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