#wicander

Nah. Wick is beloved, valuable, and lbr a very public face. His family wouldn’t kill him unless he, at minimum, OPENLY stood against them and decried them for frauds. If all he did was discreetly rescue one guy and then, say, let him loose and go back home and tell Granny Halovar that he couldn’t just let Teor DIE for his own mistake and he’s very confused because [Wick crying] because he doesn’t want to let down his family but he doesn’t like what they’ve been doing—

I think the worst-case scenario is she’d hug him and say, “Oh Wicky, I’m so sorry. I shouldn’t have put all of this on you. I’ll make it better.” Then she’d knock him out and cast some complex Modify Memory so he remembered nothing of the whole night, certainly not his grandfather in the basement, put him to bed, and send assassins after Teor and anyone found with him.

And she’d kill Tyranny, for utterly failing to keep Wick on his leash—because Tyranny is not beloved, is not particularly valuable, and could certainly vanish with no one (who matters) caring. (Except Wick, but Wick can always be lied to.)

Tyranny knows that she is disposable, after this little stunt. And she doesn’t want to leave Wick, the first person she’s met who believes that she can be good. So she says what she needs to in order to get him on the run with her. Everyone else agrees without question because, fundamentally, they have no idea that Wick’s family (or at least his matriarch, who matters most) genuinely loves him. In their experience, Tyranny is entirely correct that people who cross House Halovar end up dead.