L is not on this team and doesn't belong at this meeting! Clara knows him, so she's probably perfectly aware of this, and it's likely Deacon is too.
However, if there's any functional way for him to have learned about the meeting, up to and including having chosen someone he knows is not on his team to trail after, he will have shown up anyway. (I am so sorry.)
If not challenged (or challenged late), he sits quietly at the back of the room, his hand to his mouth, and listens attentively without contributing or disrupting.
If challenged, he'll calmly explain that he's interested in everyone else's strategies and capabilities and that he doesn't think the teams have been set up as efficiently as they might have been, and will ask, reasonably politely, to be allowed to sit in. If asked to leave, he'll be reluctant (this is not a competition, it's our lives! etc.), but he'll go quietly.
If asked for a contribution, he will explain that it's not his team and he thinks this team is doing well on its own, but he wanted to be broadly well-informed about the ideas and capabilities of the rest of the crew. He thinks the best strategy will probably turn out to be a combination of the three that are developed.
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However, if there's any functional way for him to have learned about the meeting, up to and including having chosen someone he knows is not on his team to trail after, he will have shown up anyway. (I am so sorry.)
If not challenged (or challenged late), he sits quietly at the back of the room, his hand to his mouth, and listens attentively without contributing or disrupting.
If challenged, he'll calmly explain that he's interested in everyone else's strategies and capabilities and that he doesn't think the teams have been set up as efficiently as they might have been, and will ask, reasonably politely, to be allowed to sit in. If asked to leave, he'll be reluctant (this is not a competition, it's our lives! etc.), but he'll go quietly.
If asked for a contribution, he will explain that it's not his team and he thinks this team is doing well on its own, but he wanted to be broadly well-informed about the ideas and capabilities of the rest of the crew. He thinks the best strategy will probably turn out to be a combination of the three that are developed.