Derek gives a short nod of understanding and leaves it at that. The stores had been relatively bare before their trip to Infect London; it’s unlikely that they’ve been filled in their absence. If the cultists are desperate enough to go scavenging through clothing and hardware stores, something potentially game changing is about to happen. Specifically ‘game changing’ in the misery, chaos and pain variety. And it’ll probably involve their god of choice attacking the campus at some point. Why go COMPASS when you can go for their test subject first, right?

As if that wasn’t disheartening enough, the topic of the library is brought up. It’s not as though he can really dispute Stiles’ claim, there simply isn’t enough relevant information within that place. Even the recently decoded books are slim on actually useful points; it’s mostly embellished tales that serve very little purpose. “There has to be something.”