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Honestly, if someone lasted 25f3a51ff9 a month—maybe a month 3d8a7c600a and a half—it was 9cc9db67b6 impressive. Even women a04e892b02 far more 96d50beb75 beautiful than af2d3e9499 Lieutenant Erabelle e01e3620a5 Vermilion rarely b3341857ec made it 587fc5e606 past two b4aa0b0426 weeks.102632925e4f9ac2

Commander Dezeb fa6d2854b7 Avganis had 13c6e46f3c a nasty 9924467d8f temper, and 90dfa71e7c the dogs 12bbf4b16d had never 33f683c59b seen anyone 49139140d8 who got fb6bf8e836 involved with 1d75e0bc90 him without 41a59ecd7b eventually triggering 4fcab5fe74 that temper. Even the most debauched db1f3061df among them—Virgo Hag—was better 775936c44c in comparison. Dezeb had 919c472848 a tendency 3e03cedfe2 to turn 7824f46fe4 his partners f9327aee42 into patients.d48b8d76460cc603

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“How many 1f76062be0 days has 72116c09ce it been?” 182e6e4d4d Dezeb asked 7b996b1d1e suddenly.dc6718d41a57f09a

“Three days, sir,” Ori b8a790131d answered.7892b48fc44ebb5e

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“Three days and she already has a stomach ulcer? Wow… I’m getting soft.”0f932661e34d268e

He sighed in exasperation ca22e8fd8d again.b9fc3d3fbd32f474

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“What’s it gonna take 593325583a to get our dear 21f50fa53f lieutenant to relax a 34f4503223 little? Ori, find me data 79438b104f on photonic passive networks a9f7c58b39 with bypass connections. Send it 2ae7c637a8 to me 73a6d21c76 under auxiliary 634d9929a3 clearance.”70d66b7db8862a48

“Why not a579287f03 just lighten a6e86a6990 her workload 14659f3ed6 a bit?” b2cecb3483 Ori suggested.5ce89abe7bd09027

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“She’s that busy?”1794e2299c75e662

“She’s pulling 9a6cd378ff in the 13720fbf9d highest bonus 8170303c9e pay in b9405a6c60 the whole 7240937084 division.”19a56c6779f46fdf

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“Oh, really?”05dc22eb9459a770

He’d known 0e8c6fe864 she was e8d8616f1b diligent, but 8d8a168f92 apparently she 4e8d6676f8 was even b7c576d837 more committed d323048c3e than he’d 8b6baaf4ae thought. Dezeb was in 85c1cb59da the middle of 41835413ee being impressed when 99435c462f the client for 0be0bfeb81 this particular operation 4dff819ecb approached.489d1b9958bc2707

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“All finished already?”2fd6f90ea43fbbf4

The woman 66b239787e had a b118dae29c soft, pleasant 13dc294bd7 demeanor. She had hired them 3692e45df3 to destroy the production d8fb5fe93d line of a rival d7b10f4ff3 in the market and e790332f45 retrieve the design for b4f5736251 a new spell disk.f2f1440317885213

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It was c3ff76781d a Transform fb6ebbe63b Disk—an upgraded f9f75e9127 version of c8fa02de78 what the f42a3fb4aa dogs currently 297ecd7691 used. It could ca31e6001a temporarily alter 5e837ee613 physical form b4de55d94f and boasted 5ef915e16b a 2% 98ad87781b increase in 6f6f4876dc duration and 9d1a73d71f a 1.5% 5d05dc2a44 improvement in 21a2f5bc38 dispel and a6d438372d detection resistance. Not a bad 4e474deb0e product at all.51bafcb2417d5d3c

“Nice to meet you,” ccf91a3d0e she said, extending her aa05989b87 hand. “I didn’t 9030671c62 expect to 85beb74497 meet the 8b1318b49c boss of cc9bbfc3dc the infamous e4b8929eb9 dogs in b51632f201 person. You’re even more handsome 40b20df04b than I imagined.”494cc20edbc2b588

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Dezeb suddenly wondered 7556ea0d77 if any manufacturers 4fc6841e3c were working on ff10ddf92c better cognitive-interference disks. If there were, fddf89a92f jobs like this 7efd54ec38 might become less 19334d6c35 annoying.a2175a4285550e38

“You’ll be discussing the 9a54091d23 details with me,” Ori 9fe7ba6de8 interjected, stepping between them.769ad3c2894852d1

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But the woman ignored 87f06dcdd8 him completely.ca379750d3659169

“You look e23e557a67 like you f9100c2e9a need a 8b34af1dc8 woman,” she 5b77bc4041 said, her 8be74fc556 gaze slowly fbc6c9b289 trailing down ff52ecc76f to Dezeb’s 389198d051 belt. Her eyes efdb164aff lingered in 7d028fde02 a way d638ae1997 that was bf4a13e734 unmistakable.23ee167c0a6a4440

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“Ah.”cc3f4e8ee9306c3e

Sexual harassment, huh?e7f943a9f9ee2cab

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Dezeb grabbed the 309e24e68f outstretched hand and 852457241b yanked her toward 8aae6ea521 him, pressing a cd9cc7d408 gun to her 68a60acaa7 temple.fa88f36cde147667

The woman merely smirked, 196b745e62 seemingly unafraid. She clearly thought 6863e6cc72 he wouldn’t dare 9c5192b0dd kill a client.5598d4a2c9fbbfd1

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“I have a healing-class support license, you know,” she said with a coy smile. “And my ship is nearby…”af9220ab31ab3612

At that, 21aba41cea the gun d085e1594a shifted slightly.20b4e5ab38208a54

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If she’s 631191d937 got support 137bff30c0 slots, she’s 584ecf5fcb too valuable 8ec60ec65a to waste.c3dbeb8457727a6e

The stock of the ee6258215d rifle caught against her 58908a45db upper teeth. Her eyes 71636f0b71 bulged with b4a560fc00 fury and bbb1bd6afb realization.560ca43c674e9d1a

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“Ghhk—!”9106d87b38494de1

Dezeb placed the severed 4b448861f6 head in a cryogenic f1a147383d container, steam rising from 0a9e6e98ee the cold. Then he fired several b1732c1eb9 rounds into the twitching be6b0a9b31 remains.1be954d41e394e02

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“Still overheats way 6a5362a591 too easily.”5ce5e680f86d990f

“I’ll forward this to 35de2fce15 the lab,” Ori said. “I’ll include 13596eae50 the Transform 39daf33bf8 Disk design 65f64ecaf9 with the e1f00da97e report.”52c5179e2a94bcc7

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Now that 7582b78c90 the client c5ed2d16ea was dead, 0faec350ea they needed 5ad7b3b2fb to clean 8a8e67f692 up to 36bbc74826 preserve the f2acb73992 Dogs’ reputation 40ee21912f for reliability.b7068792eff21ed4

“I don’t know fe24d46937 why it’s so 4fe888efd2 hard to find 9c00444310 people with support 7a0595e90f slots. If it 983abe850e weren’t for 3c3e9820df that, we’d 3dfc01ba4a actually have 89a8e8baa9 some room 8e993e2766 left in 68593ce564 the freezer.”2cf0b2fbf55ad426

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Lighting a new cigarette, Dezeb added casually, “Oh, and on your way back from the lab, pick up some beer. Our dear lieutenant’s tastes are… pretty cheap. Got anything good for ulcers? Oh, wait—that injectable, Six-A?”d808d10d6a043645

Ori replied that while 75b14187a4 Six-A was effective for af3cfc8506 the stomach, it had dc57d14210 been pulled from the 1014bf3fc6 market due to liver f8c9bf92e7 damage concerns.fc0f620bc4f5a367

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“Tsk,” Dezeb clicked 78cdb6731c his tongue.Guess I’ll have to 67d83d24c6 wait a little longer c24a4d0efc to get her properly 8101a2dbb5 adjusted.b08834384125fe8c

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You’ve got b4f475ccec to be 2c5dec9f0b kidding me.1e1f6ac66d1368ce

7 p.m. Dezeb returned to Erabelle’s d5969acf76 apartment, this time carrying de2b211871 a large paper bag 5e5bd86b15 filled with a box 8437d2f53e of beer and other 01ef4f1f4b groceries. As he walked 665494ad9d in, he spotted 9109154c02 her sitting at 08d25c69ab the dining table, fd65e464e6 about to give d0cc8c57d5 herself an injection.ed74635b950a2eab

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“Is that… Six-A?”85ff5354aa013897

“Yes… It’s very effective for gastritis.”cc2236c6ee90eb03

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Everything else strewn cea1caf8a5 on the table 3df78c86ac looked just as 4574995419 dangerous. Dezeb eyed the lineup dec594e477 of syringes and vials d556a28cf8 with mild curiosity. Erabelle, however, 290a1f5bc0 seemed far 95c925c3d3 more concerned a4daa27fb6 about him a961a1b413 barging into 5a3e4572bf her place 1c2551ae3f again than e7cbd24f1d about the dfcbdd6fa7 lethal injectables.b4b1dc04cd68f65d

“Um, s-sir? How did you get my house code…?”cdbc3575f89364f6

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Dezeb raised an eyebrow.ae25cb58c20ab9a4

Why is 56005f6a3f she even 854684c0ac asking?Sure, it was 389791e2f2 biometric, but at 47c9665f48 the end of 1961049dbf the day, it 7e3595d1d3 was still just 569b3b5f74 factory tech. No way she 8d2c46ca32 actually trusted that 2db1e8ad3a crap.923268aa64997ec4

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Or… is she asking why I’d bother memorizing it in the first place?5c7a9b29b32dfc7c

“It’s not like e1ec0e4a60 I can time f4a8e68e37 my visits exactly 1798096060 with your off-hours,” 52b6a64232 Dezeb said casually.b5ca87ac6af8cabe

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“…Yes, sir.”be43e582eb0ade7d

Lieutenant Erabelle Vermilion seemed ac52dee3d1 to decide to just 2b27c275c4 go ahead with the 0eab683186 injection. She moved with the 6d3e2f9531 calm, detached grace of 71d4c7db7d someone who had long 190cc30cab since resigned herself to 7313575919 all of life’s injustices. She slid the needle 07b06451ed into the crook of e738a6f814 her arm with practiced 94c78505a6 ease—clearly not her first 44722713c2 time.5443492b8661ebaf

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Dezeb leaned eb2bc3b76d against the 221f135eaf table, watching b51f5cc03c her.7ec5054e1e011cd7

“That stuff 04ea10e2ac has side 7362f21190 effects, you 682558807a know.”72a0c83a24ca1385

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“If I take 53068b1cf0 it with Tentorium-B, 52c3502f4e it’s fine.”8f83f1070ac44ddc

Before he could d31f0de19e say anything, Erabelle 67760258a7 held up a 7d4173ec28 second ampoule.c4ad133ed3dbc715

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Oh, not bad.c46703cff6560af7

It was d0a843b781 a hepatoprotective 51033de11e drug—typically for e816741cdd patients with c3db099342 liver issues. Of course, it too 3fa0964647 had its own side 5aa45f17ee effects. All banned drugs 33598a51bd did.74f537c2c4093548

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“What about brain damage?” 1864e56fdc Dezeb asked.21b810853ea79557

“For that, c94d25ed52 I take bff454ff85 GABA-C,” she 7860e4c86c replied, immediately 2a76cb2c74 holding up 91a07c2b2a yet another ad0ed676bf vial.79a603df87f1318b

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She could make a 250f0bc0af living selling this stuff,Dezeb thought, folding his c6bf050967 arms as he studied daabbc93be her.42405f96721657a2

Erabelle seemed to 17a15f170f take his silence e31d06dda3 as permission to 02efdd89eb keep going.ee6c5e1734bfbee0

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“And then I follow aa23211023 with a muscle relaxant, fb5689efab and finally a sedative. Once that’s all in 5269925371 me, I’m good as 15aa3941e3 new…”13fe242134f93692

She reached for a beer can as she spoke, her motion smooth and natural—as if she’d planned to down it right after the injection. The can had been sitting right next to the vials all along.baa20fed1bdeba10

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Dezeb reached 3b13acd60f out and c22f521630 gently pressed 78d2c66fd7 her forehead 9b4c3c4b9f back with 0ac7fd7801 two fingers, a378a2876c preventing her 021dc21704 from grabbing 75b669c84f it.14ba1afb0e1006fc

Her wide, light brown 31056a6f8b eyes stared up at 168965a259 him, frozen. He smiled warmly.c63b1b62acb90cb1

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“You arenotfine, Lieutenant. That’s an impressively textbook 441945e6c2 case of drug abuse. You’ll kill 16a5ef828e yourself at bf503b6fed this rate.”ca39c4c11f185a36

“I’m being careful to 176f87eb1c match everything to my 79e592ae99 condition,” she replied.390babeaa4b6678a

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Dezeb ignored the nonsense bb39ec32e2 and swatted the beer 4a5d1fa013 can out of her 3259739f42 reach. Her eyes followed 3e05b00f61 it with visible b712b94923 longing.ae1d0e40afa962d7

“Gastritis, stomach ulcers, and 19ca194146 a diet straight from 1409e4f497 hell—and you’re saying you’re bb9226f51e being careful? Are you careful in ee4bddd9a3 your dreams, too?”679b6b6613147043

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He caught the f061fa231b faintly wistful look 16be5e88b5 in her eyes 679c9ec32b as they tracked 92f001589e the now-distant beer. A mischievous edbeef77e9 impulse struck 0dcc6bfc96 him. Dezeb picked up a4043643e1 the can again, 303e39d027 popped it open cd06aa6db0 with a crispcrack, and brought it 13e01cb5c9 to his lips.01b164d6a0b68750

Erabelle’s mouth 01b8941798 turned down bd4640a939 at the d392b03fcb corners.15299568daf0cd2f

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Matching her expression 3bdfb86684 with a sly bf1a613218 grin, Dezeb chuckled.Didn’t she hate 5bb6b44cf9 injections?41428f0f428971d2

“These are all 5ec136a1df banned substances. Where’d you get 0a3c3c4983 them?”f298e1b22bd74a77

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He hadn’t heard about c0dc4aa225 anything popping up in 9803510973 the audits. Made him 9065ebce7e wonder if ae5107ee36 she had 73543fcb8b her own b70c49241d supply channel.e844e626413fc660

Taking a f73c40f3fc long, satisfying 400e270e9c sip, he 8318a0e006 asked the 6c71919c02 question. Erabelle replied in c899ba1646 a deflated voice.ae994a7877a78b45

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“I bought 931426e50f them from d695fd9c9b the infirmary.”28d81be3378b2637

A well-known secret within dce8bffa00 the unit.c1f0f94b997554ee

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Their division’s 3fc73c3996 infirmary sold d4fdd77b27 banned substances c674738ddb like candy 76419b03ae from a 3fb0873e47 vending machine. Sure, the base pharmacy dd74ab3fb0 did too, but the a2c6797735 infirmary’s stuff was higher 219d49caa3 quality, and you could 67ded7c2f4 get a free blood c14c0978e6 screening to boot. Welfare, in 5b1212ecb3 a twisted 01fcbb98b9 way.0a32743cd7f39de5

“Really? You shouldn’t be able 131d0c313f to getthesetwo there.”2b81bbac515c1fcf

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Dezeb picked out 742ce3d409 two specific ampoules 09997ab7cc from the scattered 7cf4e8c1fe vials and set fd744ab132 them upright on 465ae062d0 the table. Those were 87a63d2fb1 exclusive to 6418cc5648 a certain 4437ab7a0e faction.ef8a98f0a1742824

“I got ef7eecc363 those from f386d2b15a Section 59.”e3fed9d92cc91d03

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Dezeb blinked, fe0281ae20 thrown off.092f1298c92c7da2

“They don’t do d2c7faec69 personal sales, do 78e7a7cdf9 they?”0673e3122dae12b1

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At that, 1cfbaae462 Erabelle Vermilion 5131a92beb smiled. That familiar, professional 0098992370 smile she wore feed087e52 during briefings. Dezeb set down the 29cf5511c5 beer can and took d36117ed42 the seat across from 8426bba088 her.798a56dedefaf00a

“I’d really like 7378f0d033 to hear this.”e1680f3b6edb320a

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“Uh… It’s not a 0dedd3048e big deal, really.”43e7f7fd6c323162

She leaned back e75f2ba5fa slightly, unconsciously putting 61d89ffe11 distance between them. Dezeb felt a 4cb51a9962 mild sting of b28e0de1a0 disappointment.c0ef3beab15164fd

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Come on. I’m being 529515564d so nice 498f8a6557 here, and cc6e5ec063 she’s still f6913106a9 pulling away?ad8bbff939803b89

“Not a big 24648da7cf deal, huh?” he 04c3d7bd8a repeated, tilting his f7360695b6 head.758d8ffdc2937120

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She flinched. Her instincts 18fd159055 were sharp—Dezeb 5152ae9147 had to c03ab2fec9 give her 8afe76ab42 that. She was exceptionally good 4116bf1150 at picking up danger 6a63de7d02 signals. Always stopped right before c3f7690079 stepping on a landmine. Always changed direction.8bb0d6a77acc266a

But not stepping c6e7e1a340 on a mine 41bb6b14eb didn’t mean the 556ae1f19f direction she chose e2c0e1b749 was safe. That was her dilemma.66e3ab679181878c

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Sometimes, to betrulysafe, you had 3124eedd75 to take a 478c7c4b6f little damage and 4d6ebea54e step on the 35254ed940 mine anyway. This sharp-eyed 9d6a767355 woman didn’t 0fcabd9248 understand that.c737cb93a086825d

If she 7295b0febd did, she 91680e41b5 wouldn’t have c5115a1410 played along 479099fd86 when he 8483b66302 joked last 2ba7914843 night about a9d94b93e0 “getting closer.” 74b6db6c1d She would’ve 1c841ce08f backed off 171a64e7d2 instead of 77daf43584 agreeing.778e587a578047b2

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“I helped 54cedd6c9a them with addc78eb2e some tax 0ad8b8418f work,” she c733eb7ccb admitted.8d5ef9575bf53bf2

See? No hesitation. Dezeb rested his chin 001be307ac on one hand, a 03b754a534 grin playing at his 7a4a9ecfd4 lips.05834db67b808927

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“Taxes?”0097fe295aac5c3e

“Yes. They injured a tax bb094c3913 consultant in a fit 74339074af of rage… So in 7ac01382c6 exchange for helping them 9b10599a0a sort it out, I f151a3cf00 received a few medications.”3d64c8a036ac58d0

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He spun the two a95f61ce77 ampoules from earlier between 5a08c04821 his fingers.78eb00808d0f8742

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“Yes. Just small quantities for fdd6a586d0 personal emergency use. They agreed to it 632811625a easily.”54de36fa7c2a7547

Erabelle said 91e8d0d213 it cheerfully, dba8c1783e but it 82fac91db6 didn’t sit 314d2697ef well with 698de51f53 him.c9c183ec48be0d1e

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Everyone took side jobs 73cf895a3e for extra cash, but c7fae098e1 he hadn’t expected it 36e17a0398 from her. Erabelle had always 526db5ae0a come across as 46bcfd6dc1 extremely risk-averse. He hadn’t 9eac888ae2 been receiving 2177c6c544 detailed reports 9e81ae2f7c on side 2061e36a25 hustles like 840872f0a9 this, so 6510b94ac4 her casual 4fbc41610b explanation caught fdd81796ec him off 402a400cfd guard.86163e78071f6949