here's the day we hoped would never come.

Sometimes... lately I wonder if I just doomed us all by thinking up this town. It only seems to be doing more harm than good these days.

I'm sorry... I shouldn't be listening in on your conversations but I heard her and I went... I went to go look for him and I... I'm so sorry, Brooklyn.

Can you both just stop? Liz, I can confirm that without a doubt, you were running just a few weeks ago- as was I. Don't be so harsh. Unfortunately, Nate, if you were running alone or with one of us, that's within our responsibility- taking Lyla out? You put that responsibility on yourself and there was an accident. Was it your fault? No. It's the fault of whoever planted wolfsbane. Clearly the thing we should be looking into, but yes, Nate, you're responsible as the accident happened on your watch, though that can be handled at a later time. Right now, we all should probably re-evalute our priorities and try to ensure everyone else's immediate safely instead of play the blame game- that is still what we do here, right?

I….I don’t wanna talk. 

You don't have to.

Of course. I should be going, I hear we're in for quite the snow storm again.

We were…. we were running… we… there was wolfsbane.. we…. this is all my fault.

It isn't.. just relax. Blame isn't important right now. Our first priority is making sure she's okay, and she will be. 

... Nate, what happened? 

Another reason I can't stand to listen to most people speak.

I don't believe in too much or too little of anything, it just is. But I'm sure it's debatable. Regardless, I prefer not to dwell on the past, simply learn and continue on.

I mean, I’m not going to argue it, at this point, it’s.. you know. What are you looking for.. after two months? Am I allowed to ask? Or is it like top secret?

You're allowed to ask anything you want, he's your brother. Primarily, it's important to establish his state of mind at the time, which i can tell from the remaining blood levels in his system and physical state of his brain... but I won't get into that detail. Mostly to confirm Grace and Harper's recount of the story. As well, we need to ensure there was no foul play. While yes, it is late for an extended analysis and it would've been easier to do earlier, I am fairly knowledgable in the area and can find what we need. After, we would release the body to you so that you may have a proper burial for him, as you have a right to do.

Yeah, yeah. A distraction would be nice, actually. What’s up, Katherine? 

There really isn't an easy way to go about this, and I wouldn't want to bore you with small talk, but out of respect, I wanted to let you know that I put in a request to autopsy Cole's body to the council, and it's been approved.