Derek’s half tempted to play the whole note thing off, say that it doesn’t matter and leave it as that. It’s obvious that Stiles has been distracted over the recent weeks, he can’t be blamed for forgetting something that was only mentioned in passing, but what’s to say that he won’t get distracted again during this week? The kid has enough on his mind without needing to hunt a couple of people down to ask them a series of questions. Not only that but a research related task seems like a roundabout way to lure Stiles back into helping when he should be taking a complete break from it all.

“Do it when you have a bit of time to kill. There’s no rush.” That’s a bold-faced lie; there is an element of speed needed in this sort of thing. The sooner they can get hold of relevant information, the better their odds of surviving whatever plans the cultists have set into motion. “