nemonowan Wrote:OK, I'll bite.That's my primary hypothesis as well, though it's not the first one I came up with. My first idea was that this hit was instigated by Lara, as she is likely the only one of Harry's enemies that would have an idea of where he would be at the moment. Given the amount of jumping around in the Nevernever Harry's been doing, he'd likely be very hard for a mortal hitman to track, and the hitman knew that he had access to Thomas Raith's boat, and to aim for his legs, which wouldn't be protected by his duster.
It seems likely that that happened as a result of another of those hits contracts on Dresden. Everyone forgot about them, but it was way too soon for the news that the hirers were dead and would't pay to make it through the grapewine. So far so good, it's reasonable. (of course, there may still be twists in the future)
What I'm not sure is if it was established who really hired the contracts. A faction of the Red Court would make sense, but why use THAT disguise? And if it was not a disguise, what gives?
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