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  1. Rec 12

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    Five conversations Alfred had with Victor, late at night.

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    28 Nov 2023

  2. Public Bookmark 1

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    They exchanged greetings and stood close to one another in silence. It was another hour until the watch changed, but Dexius didn’t question it. Neither did he question why Florianus chose to stand so near. It was a cold night; you embraced warmth whenever it was offered.

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    31 Oct 2023

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  3. Rec 11

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    The first two targets were almost on a line with each other, though not quite. The third shot's going to take a bigger adjustment; David sweeps sideways with the rifle, keeping an eye up to the scope. And the arc of it, finding his aim, gets him a clear, sharp split second of Devereaux.

    Devereaux's face, to be specific. Upturned, expressionless.

    And looking right at David, because of course it only took two shots for him to identify David's perch.

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    11 Oct 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    "He doesn't think about Devereaux, about Devereaux's hand in his, Devereaux's arm around him, Devereaux's mouth against the side of his forehead. He lies there, and he doesn't think about anything at all; and sooner or later, he falls asleep."

  4. Rec 9

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    "I quit," he says, and turns around, and walks away.

    Three weeks later, he's in Lausanne.

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    10 Oct 2023

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    "What," David snaps, "that's the thing you didn't notice?"

    "I did," Peter admits, which is somehow about three hundred times worse than if he hadn't.

  5. Rec 9

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    "Somehow," the guy says, "I'd imagined you'd be taller."

    Tommy raises an eyebrow, with a distant, patronizing kind of curiosity—the kind that, on Bubonic's face, says he's indulging you, playing along, by bothering to pretend there might be something interesting you have to say.

    "Bubonic, I mean," the guy adds, half-hushed. "You're him, right?"

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    09 Oct 2023

    Bookmarker's Notes

    "Tommy can't pinpoint precisely what it is that makes his skin prickle, that triggers the slow lurch of his gut. But he stands there, mouth abruptly dry, heart pounding, and he can't figure out how to look away from the guy."
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