[ It's an innocent enough question. Derek doesn't answer it, at first. He's trying to decide how much he wants to say - how much he can say - and he buys some time by finishing the front of Tate's hair. Only a little bit longer. ]
This kid - Jackson. I think I've told you about him - he was some kid in Scott's grade. Begged me for the bite. Wouldn't take no for an answer. I bit him, threw him in a lake when we were done. Didn't ever expect him to survive. Part of me hoped he wouldn't.
[ There's a... very neutral callousness in the way he says that. Jackson could have died, that night, and Derek would have been able to dodge a fair amount of responsibility by letting it happen. He used Jackson as a test, more than anything else, and Jackson used him as a means to an end. They were never pack. ]
... I offered the bite to someone else, too. Recently.
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This kid - Jackson. I think I've told you about him - he was some kid in Scott's grade. Begged me for the bite. Wouldn't take no for an answer. I bit him, threw him in a lake when we were done. Didn't ever expect him to survive. Part of me hoped he wouldn't.
[ There's a... very neutral callousness in the way he says that. Jackson could have died, that night, and Derek would have been able to dodge a fair amount of responsibility by letting it happen. He used Jackson as a test, more than anything else, and Jackson used him as a means to an end. They were never pack. ]
... I offered the bite to someone else, too. Recently.