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Calvin fumed as Adrienne gave him her briefing.
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Three yaks dead, including a guard.
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Dozens more injured.
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Fortunately, no one from the Barns had been badly injured, but at least one family had had to flee their burning house.
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―Old Imperial is slammed, they're saying, Vaughan said.
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They were in trouble with the malacusis stuff even before this.
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Grove has some capacity, but transport's going to be a problem.
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We should commandeer the tramways again.
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Calvin nodded.
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―Done.
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I'll have Adam make the call to get the Tramway Office running.
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And we can open up some emergency aid funds as needed.
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Captain, are there any Guards who weren't at the riot who can be allocated there?
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We're going to have trouble getting staff at the Tramway Office this late, so some extra hands to help clear streets will be helpful.
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Captain Adrienne nodded.
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―We can do that.
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Lieutenant Trebly will be on the next shift quite soon, so I will have him also at Grove to coordinate receiving patients as well.
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―Good.
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Thank you Captain.
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Anything else?
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―Well, yes, sir.
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Lieutenant Hermann says that once the Garrison officers realised we were from the Guard, they turned and incited the crowd.
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Accused us of being secret police, suppressing them.
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It, boiled over from there.
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It's a shambles, sir.
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―Where's Hermann now? Nikki asked.
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―Over at the Garrison, with a few Guards.
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We've commandeered some of their holding cells, and we're hoping they don't give us any trouble.
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Especially because I don't think they can be trusted to guard any of their own members who are under arrest.
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Sir, I think that their failure to maintain order led to one of my men getting killed.
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Charging them with misconduct is going to be a nightmare, and I'd really like to make sure we have your support on that.
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Calvin nodded.
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―Adrienne, you're dismissed for now.
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You have our full support in going after the Garrison officers who failed to uphold their duty.
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Adrienne nodded, turned and left.
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―If only we could take down the whole lot of them, Vaughan said.
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―Actually, I may be able to help on that front, Nikki said.
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At the very least go after Darius.
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All eyes landed on her.
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Calvin leaned forward.
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―You were certainly busy during all of this.
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―I have a collection of memos and letters from Darius's office at Justice.
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Still going through them, but they include assurances to Hierarchy officials that the Garrison would respect any Flocks that wished to protest.
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Some memos too, ways to downplay any violence from Meadowlarkers to reduce arrests.
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―Is that enough to charge Darius with anything? Vaughan asked.
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―Not quite, Calvin said.
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Right, Nikki?
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―Yep, Nikki nodded in agreement.
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Nothing directly from Darius, and we can't use it in court.
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Calvin nodded.
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Of course, Nikki finding a less than legal solution to a problem was nothing new.
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It did still bother him.
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Without her, he wouldn't have this to use, but with her he couldn't use it.
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At least, he couldn't use it and feel good about himself.
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―I'm not comfortable blackmailing him, Nikki, Calvin said.
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―I figured, Cal.
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Just being prepared, in case we need it.
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Calvin nodded, then sighed and rubbed his face.
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No good decisions happened at this time of night.
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―You have a statement ready? he asked Nikki.
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―Yeah, want me to read it?
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―Is it a good one?
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―Not my best, not my worst, she said.
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Seven out of ten, I'd say.
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―That's fine, I don't need to see it then.
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Any word on that group that showed up?
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Is that another headache we need to pay attention to.
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―I don't think so, sir, Vaughan said.
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As Adrienne said, they were there to try to help the Guard out.
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The New Meadowlark, because they want to separate the Meadowlark from the Hierarchy.
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Basically a new Flock, separate from all the other Flocks.
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Calvin didn't quite understand what that meant.
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The Meadowlark was what the Hierarchy taught, not something on its own.
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―Cal, I disagree.
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They showed up en masse, armed.
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How did they organise and respond so quickly?
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Especially since we've never heard of them.
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The Guard only barely beat them there.
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―Like the Captain said, the ones that broke laws were arrested.
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We have bigger problems than a single Flock showing up and helping us.
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And why would they even be on our radar at all?
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We don't monitor every new Flock.
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We couldn't even if we wanted to.
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