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@ -73,12 +73,13 @@ The Presidential Guard was too closely tied to the old governments when the Floc
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—I think there's only one course of action here.
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—I think there's only one course of action here.
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We give the Garrison an out, and bring the Presidential Guard with us out of uniform.
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We give the Garrison an out, and bring the Presidential Guard with us out of uniform.
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The protesters will see it as Presidential support of the Garrison, and might be mollified.
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That way we can say we're bringing them as support, and the Garrison can pretend their inaction was out of caution, not apathy.
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The protesters will see it as Presidential support of the Garrison, not us undermining them.
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—We can't sit down and condone the Garrison for this.
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—We can't sit down and condone the Garrison for this.
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The ones who turned a blind eye to all this need to lose their jobs.
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Everyone who would have watched the Barns burn need to lose their jobs.
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—No, Calvin said, breaking his silence.
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—No, Calvin said.
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He stood slowly, and began to walk to the door.
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He stood slowly, and began to walk to the door.
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@ -90,9 +91,10 @@ Calvin began to follow them and gestured for Vaughan and Nikki to join with him.
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—We'll still ask Auroklos to make a statement, and maybe come to the protest to speak.
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—We'll still ask Auroklos to make a statement, and maybe come to the protest to speak.
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I'll need to be there, along with Darius.
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I'll need to be there, along with Darius.
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He'll still have to agree to help us, and we'll owe him a favour.
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—Calvin, it's going to look like we're supporting the protests.
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—Calvin, it's going to look like we're supporting the protests.
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We'll lose any credibility on the farm animal issue.
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We'll lose any credibility on refugees.
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—Vaughan, our credibility isn't worth anything if we're not in power to actually use it, Nikki said.
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—Vaughan, our credibility isn't worth anything if we're not in power to actually use it, Nikki said.
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Vaughan, you'll be with me.
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Vaughan, you'll be with me.
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Nikki watched them leave the office, then headed back to her office.
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Nikki watched them leave the office, then headed back to her office.
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Letting the Garrison go unpunished stung, but her job was in choosing which stings to endure.
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Letting the Garrison go unpunished stung, although there wasn't another way to get them to help cover up their failure.
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Nikki stopped in the hallway, pivoted and started back to the bullpen.
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She found her target in a cube near the far end of the office, a young yak who yelped when Nikki stopped in front of her.
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—Your brother still works at Justice, right?, Nikki asked.
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—Sorry ma'am, what?
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Nikki tried to remember when the young yak had been hired.
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Less than a year, she thought.
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Probably hadn't dealt directly with Nikki much.
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—You're Annie, if I remember correctly? You're not in trouble, don't worry. Your brother, he's an administrator in Justice?
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Annie looked slightly less panicked.
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—Yes, ma'am, he's still in Justice. How'd you remember?
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—He had that issue with getting a transfer there, he asked for help from us or something.
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I remember Adam mentioning something like that, how's he finding it there?
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—He's doing okay, ma'am.
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You know Justice, it's tough, but he's happy to be there.
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Why do you ask?
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—Was curious how he was doing, was reminded by a conversation with Adam.
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You should have him swing by the office at some point, I'd love to see him again.
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Tell him tomorrow morning, I'll take him to breakfast.
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—Yes ma'am, anything else?
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—No, feel free to return to your work now.
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Nikki pivoted away, and started back to her office.
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