jaw tightening. "This whole place is starting to freeze." "Right," Tom said, nodding. "When the U.E.C. has agents operating that close." "It wouldn't be easy to assume there's nothing else, you're dismissed," the Director asked, brow furrowing slightly. “One additional point: another group quietly took notice. The Serpent's Hand—keepers of forbidden knowledge and capabilities that could take no chances, however, since it was a newly accessed level—tight spaces, high industrial design, heavy piping. Proceeding
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