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Voker sat thoughtfully motionless for a fewseconds, contemplating what the girl expected to do, then swiveled hischair to his terminal and began scanning reports again. They looked up at him with eyeslike tiny black beads, their noses twitching. The silence of the trainees had changed. Voker glanced at the clock: 12:59.

Somewhere out in front of them, B Company of the Night Adders was lessencumbered. Heber Lanks got up from his chair. Thehotel had been commandeered-all twelve rooms of it-rented by thegovernment for deferred rents that might never be collected. But he had no doubt at all that Major Thoglakaveerawas handling things properly.