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Seven forty-five in the morning, when Moiraine Sedai comes to Twin Peaks, and the very first thing Dale Cooper does is drive her to the Bookhouse, funny sound in his engine be damned. Once she's safely asleep in the back room, under the guard of one of the boys, Cooper calls the sheriff's station and tells Lucy that they'll need to get somebody else to make the donut run, and he needs to see Harry, immediately.

Hours pass. Cooper conferences, explains what he knows, tells Harry and Hawk what they'll need.

The small bed is behind a wall dividing the back room into two sections. Cooper sits on the other side of that wall with a book and a cup of coffee to hand. He's begun to get his concentration back; he hasn't had to restart a chapter in several hours.

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"Sure," Harry says. "No shortage of things to do and places to go around there, either."

It strikes Harry that these are the same platitudes and false cheer you hear around sickbeds. Be on your feet in no time, pal. You'll lick this thing.

He sighs. "I better get back to the station, Coop. I'll give you a squawk if we manage to find her a place by the end of the day, all right?"

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"Sounds good, Harry. And -- " He looks at the suitcase. "Thank you. For all of this. It's quite a thing to spring on you."

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"Small-town living, Coop. Somebody's always springing something." He chuckles wryly.

"You've pitched in for this town plenty. I don't think we need to keep score anymore."

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Whether or not they need to --

Cooper keeps score. It's a bad habit; he's always behind.

"I'll keep Lucy aware of any developments. Should there be any."

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Only the way Cooper counts. "No news is good news, right?"

Harry likes a good cliche. They make a good fallback position.

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"That's the idea," Cooper agrees. "Thanks, Harry."