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by worryHonestly, if 398eec1523 someone lasted a1f88a27b9 a month—maybe 0da3090c3e a month 76e8eb6334 and a 80fde24b55 half—it was 983b4a7023 impressive. Even women 5f72ffbc2d far more 5c32e84d3d beautiful than 3ac3400099 Lieutenant Erabelle 2145b0bb63 Vermilion rarely c1c6a3a376 made it 6cd0415184 past two 625c3b3f54 weeks.3125d060f19e100e
Commander Dezeb c8bbc2441c Avganis had 40692e9651 a nasty 8a42362fab temper, and 35f1da7016 the dogs 2aabacd65a had never 22fd574544 seen anyone 24d2be02d3 who got d1ddb89a81 involved with 356dea9517 him without c994e95325 eventually triggering c855e312a6 that temper. Even the most debauched 3e17ce829d among them—Virgo Hag—was better b52dbd7082 in comparison. Dezeb had a tendency ebeaf09f98 to turn his partners 4bf0b1f3f0 into patients.37c02dab70885a46
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“How many days cfbab0eb7a has it been?” 9dffba98ec Dezeb asked suddenly.a36e345a6de25510
“Three days, sir,” 2553267818 Ori answered.59c13e99f5169df2
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“Three days and she already has a stomach ulcer? Wow… I’m getting soft.”411d856c875faf8e
He sighed 8a313285fb in exasperation 84958d75c8 again.6308a8e9be5df7cc
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“What’s it 83e8068086 gonna take eef10f9e11 to get f3cfd05dea our dear dfe657e996 lieutenant to ebf0842ef1 relax a 2603f1366c little? Ori, find ce41886324 me data 613960a67a on photonic 037ce12e45 passive networks 883a46702e with bypass b15d62850d connections. Send it 907a3b04d7 to me c0fa4ce5ea under auxiliary 2040018af2 clearance.”063b4c9e7b3b6962
“Why not 82abea4d3f just lighten aa867e488e her workload 48e9ba3fdf a bit?” a89bebeb70 Ori suggested.8bc71c00004346e9
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“She’s that busy?”71a4b1e9eca0d8ff
“She’s pulling in 6908fae5fd the highest bonus 9e3d9017ab pay in the 85ac2ba2fb whole division.”0cc5829656b39967
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“Oh, really?”ae0979847e71422e
He’d known 2f0e1b287f she was d1e4902e4a diligent, but e313d53ad9 apparently she caee589b95 was even 6ac0fe7e5e more committed 0ec7a46435 than he’d 8b76f431c1 thought. Dezeb was in the 044e456f02 middle of being impressed e987cf8ab1 when the client for 5891817a43 this particular operation approached.c16458c3ed20cad3
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“All finished already?”71518fb2530a417a
The woman e3fc300855 had a fa6afcb4aa soft, pleasant 10c9bf0d0b demeanor. She had 1041185d83 hired them cc6f0bf0f8 to destroy ea51bddda7 the production c4452eefe4 line of 6681a957ff a rival e1edba687e in the 1dec4d2fa7 market and 16fe5c6218 retrieve the 721046aaaa design for 2e1b7ae8dc a new 97572f73dc spell disk.8fd893176ba16615
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It was a e001cc63ca Transform Disk—an upgraded fae550ab2d version of what 0f94fadcbb the dogs currently 11aecda520 used. It could 468c229a0a temporarily alter 53d15532f7 physical form 6fefa061d1 and boasted 260a523ad7 a 2% da5b176766 increase in 5ced3413ed duration and a65528d125 a 1.5% 257e909b05 improvement in 3f88160366 dispel and b15517032d detection resistance. Not a bad d6b63e48ca product at all.6af56214f9b8c401
“Nice to 990b7d92e6 meet you,” 33a20fd2c3 she said, fe752d6136 extending her 087c664820 hand. “I didn’t 6cff3bc5b9 expect to 47b20ac0b3 meet the 914ca6a85d boss of f3f06d5cad the infamous c298a43a68 dogs in 4814900563 person. You’re even 35067280ee more handsome ba7d8bc49f than I 1d4ddf112d imagined.”3639348b549ba47b
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Dezeb suddenly wondered if 58b5f5f195 any manufacturers were working a0e4a73b93 on better cognitive-interference disks. If there were, 6e99e98026 jobs like this ad4118ded1 might become less 28fa60f2fa annoying.22e0eea9df0f28d8
“You’ll be discussing the 848edc9a2b details with me,” Ori 49b8bb9dcd interjected, stepping between them.9390251679be3e99
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But the woman ignored 8fa2534f10 him completely.2958bef3e1633088
“You look f46c91db48 like you 952ee33903 need a cfb58d0be9 woman,” she 46fd9dcfd5 said, her 2af21a56ce gaze slowly 5306565265 trailing down ff2ccf6770 to Dezeb’s e540d15a12 belt. Her eyes lingered in 62189caff0 a way that was 287b31d3ea unmistakable.eeee4f9fb72176d1
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“Ah.”c69296972e0c274f
Sexual harassment, huh?27d00b2255711a10
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Dezeb grabbed the outstretched 95509afe5e hand and yanked her 2c2d5152e5 toward him, pressing a 5f45cbe3eb gun to her temple.d5d611549f92ef60
The woman merely smirked, 56a3badd6b seemingly unafraid. She clearly thought 8b6256ad92 he wouldn’t dare 6b5e79374e kill a client.f12d724add68ca0f
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“I have a healing-class support license, you know,” she said with a coy smile. “And my ship is nearby…”c9a2c714d5b35f15
At that, the gun 0c19002d28 shifted slightly.8c2cf9abf64a3b49
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If she’s 22554f0aec got support 8c91eab88b slots, she’s 3b7004b45f too valuable bec16cc006 to waste.9019e45a17134d4c
The stock a06e14714c of the fd6e23ce8f rifle caught 2290799c74 against her 10f7fd3575 upper teeth. Her eyes bulged with 8c1b37bac2 fury and realization.4182942325b9b571
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“Ghhk—!”d048dcc8abf4da1c
Dezeb placed the severed 4b0de70c65 head in a cryogenic fd009434ce container, steam rising from eec4e69360 the cold. Then he fired several 73d5d7c755 rounds into the twitching 6229b60d97 remains.07976963b6f29f24
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“Still overheats 92c9efb88c way too d10330a550 easily.”83d5cb403dc32611
“I’ll forward 1acc31be77 this to a0eecf8835 the lab,” cdda150ed2 Ori said. “I’ll include the Transform cd96845458 Disk design with the 18daa324dc report.”7c45d064031c85e2
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Now that 9ca52c8ccc the client 7598ba1fea was dead, 19ec1eb9d1 they needed 9ed872a225 to clean ecae4c12d4 up to 05a25af617 preserve the 5e09f20474 Dogs’ reputation 8c5a1a6a72 for reliability.fb6d7ac1e02e875c
“I don’t a3dbc96f02 know why 9a02f49180 it’s so df6a3153b4 hard to 0417dcb478 find people a3908ba23c with support c685ce0640 slots. If it weren’t c876a7eb12 for that, we’d 39a6e2d7ea actually have some deb644c1a2 room left in 68e7a1a85c the freezer.”fd2b83a6404f934f
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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?”2714fdccfc592fff
Ori replied that while f579d30d87 Six-A was effective for c151e2328d the stomach, it had 4fcbc86693 been pulled from the e6ba6d15e2 market due to liver 4742f3d590 damage concerns.520c618fd1f16cd3
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“Tsk,” Dezeb clicked 2d385c1937 his tongue.Guess I’ll bd798bcdfc have to 6c1fc2b7cf wait a 8137365e1e little longer 20b71f6ac5 to get a991459864 her properly ead4617b9b adjusted.8e23052c73cdd68c
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You’ve got 248fcf6757 to be 11bc96cafd kidding me.b970d4fc38b1e78d
7 p.m. Dezeb returned 04b3c8aa92 to Erabelle’s 522ed16d17 apartment, this fc6d2169bb time carrying fca9d4cd65 a large f9f2fb8476 paper bag 465f7e2f35 filled with 5a7570c1c5 a box ea4ec4d147 of beer d904c82bd9 and other 140b85c7c6 groceries. As he walked 5de93d6fb8 in, he spotted c2502cf304 her sitting at 749daaae3f the dining table, 1ac595932a about to give 8dfd8220fb herself an injection.d11ad6b6789f22ff
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“Is that… Six-A?”5a2c1a566125534c
“Yes… It’s very effective for gastritis.”18eb07db32667795
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Everything else strewn 99fd2b4cdc on the table 5f16f809ef looked just as a4a9ecde57 dangerous. Dezeb eyed the 395ec74f5a lineup of syringes 8050f1ab99 and vials with 34b574ea76 mild curiosity. Erabelle, however, cc6fb6c33e seemed far 1fa8319e7e more concerned 32151fcdd5 about him cb4c44705d barging into 73cf8405f2 her place 409112822a again than 5d187361a7 about the e1c39b4754 lethal injectables.c80f9ad000e5928c
“Um, s-sir? How did you get my house code…?”cd8e24a882ba3f9e
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Dezeb raised 8f6a12c1a0 an eyebrow.cacb85bbf9428fdb
Why is she even 8434b115ff asking?Sure, it 83e7d2ef8b was biometric, 9e02f0e02a but at f400e57f69 the end c0e3bb1372 of the 11597a2a64 day, it cf57576958 was still e656fac451 just factory 21b0594767 tech. No way she 5613cd91f0 actually trusted that 7f52fd01aa crap.adfd036a05af674c
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Or… is she asking why I’d bother memorizing it in the first place?0dd2696e808ae919
“It’s not like d22e20d519 I can time 70e65a9df0 my visits exactly e7c358d889 with your off-hours,” cea4f4c3d6 Dezeb said casually.ba631712d4a6f8a9
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“…Yes, sir.”9145ff73a254a8a1
Lieutenant Erabelle 9301f3fddb Vermilion seemed 2b7066660a to decide c6b4c0526c to just f0246c2dee go ahead a2ba80ecc0 with the 778846e324 injection. She moved with the 0d17f4ac89 calm, detached grace of 40b4dafedc someone who had long 71966e8045 since resigned herself to 5da102e9f3 all of life’s injustices. She slid the needle 019d561f96 into the crook of 8d4b5453af her arm with practiced 4551e5c764 ease—clearly not her first 1a8f35687a time.c0cc24a200ab8ae4
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Dezeb leaned against 62bb044356 the table, watching 4d993068c8 her.c4f808d25f5adeb5
“That stuff has d3603cc1b7 side effects, you 57cfcf5acd know.”aa0a702b38b9c56e
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“If I df8efa6b00 take it 10adb2b10b with Tentorium-B, ef9162851d it’s fine.”d2b5aac65c0c967d
Before he could 493b4cd59a say anything, Erabelle a93fc3fc5c held up a 13db2be8d6 second ampoule.d4aa225651317c67
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Oh, not bad.2731f3c3f8beeac2
It was a hepatoprotective 9d1dd07998 drug—typically for patients with 6c0132a1de liver issues. Of course, it 1274d2003f too had its ccd2b08b6c own side effects. All banned drugs b779e3fb4d did.a37051d4ec509216
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“What about brain damage?” 925fcdaeeb Dezeb asked.cae96c56abfe484a
“For that, I take d1ed98a91a GABA-C,” she replied, immediately 99886c55e5 holding up yet another 5e0cadd7e8 vial.4d61f544bcf603d7
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She could make 9b8e6adfda a living selling deef9fb178 this stuff,Dezeb thought, folding b9bc139ad7 his arms as 77409b16d6 he studied her.59cc54dee5a5c3de
Erabelle seemed 46dc085637 to take 44c2cefff4 his silence 8764b8aef4 as permission acf0733ba7 to keep 758452884c going.99edcb17d1b7dc1e
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“And then 63ebcca24a I follow a74d0bc3d0 with a c24074db7c muscle relaxant, 0081e073f6 and finally d8a2ae642e a sedative. Once that’s all in a4dc7d1703 me, I’m good as 5ae0563a96 new…”ed449d6040ea9f70
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.44528306b7c85ef9
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Dezeb reached 9cfa807340 out and 02fd076550 gently pressed 0c7df93bfa her forehead 66002cd5f0 back with 19e618ba7d two fingers, 8a4d5d36d4 preventing her f3eb4c28d1 from grabbing 56c93205dc it.590c8ce008bc1de5
Her wide, light f325e37d85 brown eyes stared da75c7a216 up at him, 1c46b7bc5c frozen. He smiled warmly.638fd73110ff4a51
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“You arenotfine, Lieutenant. That’s an 69a83ef770 impressively textbook b3fc962304 case of ae04c45e43 drug abuse. You’ll kill yourself b33a9c6090 at this rate.”7b822f93fb2d8942
“I’m being careful f970a7000c to match everything 493a3cade9 to my condition,” 4569d53408 she replied.eb6b36470ee81580
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Dezeb ignored 7aa45bea54 the nonsense 2166d3645b and swatted 4e0f31472b the beer 356185aaea can out c48a3faa12 of her f4e116ab24 reach. Her eyes 3ebecae500 followed it f16b1d48b7 with visible 06def55c69 longing.a15e2a92c2cac8f3
“Gastritis, stomach 8ec265ad6c ulcers, and bdd4f81718 a diet 60841037a1 straight from 8342c4bc34 hell—and you’re 68ad63d5e5 saying you’re 344cacd4fb being careful? Are you careful in 2a32a224f3 your dreams, too?”76d69eb658ead387
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He caught 3c473165ed the faintly 4e358961ce wistful look 3ee81c5c50 in her 2d978c39da eyes as 3a82b274a4 they tracked 1f8bb958b0 the now-distant a9d5137c8d beer. A mischievous impulse fa3d8bf37f struck him. Dezeb picked up the 6795cad003 can again, popped it b06e086bfd open with a crispcrack, and brought it e907bba1d7 to his lips.9f34dd71f86358af
Erabelle’s mouth 24a23ec666 turned down bcdd107778 at the 78f8e881c9 corners.daf3756241568896
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Matching her expression with 513ff37a2d a sly grin, Dezeb ec6581e14f chuckled.Didn’t she 0737c5a1d3 hate injections?f1c46353c90f22ef
“These are b474312b52 all banned 74ec6e8562 substances. Where’d you get them?”f51211ed10208288
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He hadn’t heard 4c62277f0c about anything popping ee54866d46 up in the b4a301ac8c audits. Made him 3ce1d3ba06 wonder if 32af5f3fe6 she had 6f29c29b9c her own 83950adeb4 supply channel.65bffa5cb5815b3b
Taking a long, satisfying 07a7a82b25 sip, he asked the e5c6f1e7a6 question. Erabelle replied 42e83ef0d7 in a 4beff8a415 deflated voice.df3e4713decb2ce3
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“I bought them from 148e3661fe the infirmary.”0053abaa3c580a04
A well-known secret 387ccb96a3 within the unit.b951d5d9829b2a01
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Their division’s infirmary sold eba9ba13e6 banned substances like candy f14c69b9fd from a vending machine. Sure, the bf3624257a base pharmacy 5b5b071a2a did too, 15f90a7802 but the d2f111ae3f infirmary’s stuff ac984cebac was higher cbdf29d943 quality, and cdb052691a you could e0747170df get a f320ff6c89 free blood 1d65ce9773 screening to 78e89a2b84 boot. Welfare, in 7adfae2cb1 a twisted 9f24aa16df way.80dba568534ae5c6
“Really? You shouldn’t be bed190f760 able to getthesetwo there.”0f5a2a32508b3a36
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Dezeb picked 173febc591 out two bcd8c52edd specific ampoules 5d9238b031 from the cb9816ec9d scattered vials 044b48db33 and set f411b2f284 them upright 4351a6a30f on the 485bb4f9d9 table. Those were exclusive to e7bbc8b674 a certain faction.39dc5eeeaeb812fa
“I got those e8786ab604 from Section 59.”e70c85d056e3fd65
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Dezeb blinked, thrown off.ce4f2a6f52457031
“They don’t do f6e933167e personal sales, do 0a20a0946f they?”3ed2e6d1e50200a5
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At that, Erabelle Vermilion 7b2febdcf9 smiled. That familiar, 155c0ee6ac professional smile 1d914afc53 she wore 36c221096f during briefings. Dezeb set down the ef1b3f4124 beer can and took b4da599def the seat across from e9794caa17 her.42d852a2b0e867c0
“I’d really like ddc7069828 to hear this.”f9fdcafbfe348e2a
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“Uh… It’s not a 3ed9dd27e4 big deal, really.”d6b67b78a1c4930a
She leaned back 8b3c89fff6 slightly, unconsciously putting 748c376365 distance between them. Dezeb felt a 315255a030 mild sting of 53ffef7941 disappointment.8ab4e96a018e5d11
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Come on. I’m being 9e1341ca74 so nice d07f981c3f here, and 50b1207e52 she’s still b2781feede pulling away?e33b87b3abf41b04
“Not a big deal, 28774bcb47 huh?” he repeated, tilting b1249d7eb5 his head.3c654b5cbb14e494
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She flinched. Her instincts were sharp—Dezeb 7875d8992e had to give her 79a3b7f7ec that. She was 0fb9ff61d7 exceptionally good 9c10df14d9 at picking 103fca39ce up danger bc1acdaa98 signals. Always stopped right 4f0ccf4045 before stepping on 1b39c7a4e0 a landmine. Always changed direction.71dfe562d61849bc
But not stepping on d20ed3c5f5 a mine didn’t mean 6c9e497003 the direction she chose 8422cb192c was safe. That was fe6d24ac56 her dilemma.1caea2322a3dba74
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Sometimes, to betrulysafe, you 8228b64c6b had to fa71ba25d0 take a 2044231a9d little damage 0068473137 and step d6fedd64aa on the b8b22e455b mine anyway. This sharp-eyed woman didn’t 21836bc36e understand that.242d060c6f42e81d
If she 989cd9952a did, she b2c310c017 wouldn’t have e66091538b played along 12ed859280 when he 3303993d84 joked last 4c8445af72 night about 81d9bcddf9 “getting closer.” 7dc8e46eaa She would’ve 154c68acfe backed off 0ac4a4544e instead of dc0e66c4c1 agreeing.0de9677b88311bbc
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“I helped them with 708ac36a9f some tax work,” she a6a1761e33 admitted.904b0b3c24229c5f
See? No hesitation. Dezeb rested his ce0ecf344b chin on one a8b2c8b6b7 hand, a grin a1b6278650 playing at his 306d036515 lips.f99feb8ae38495ca
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“Taxes?”6b949a06377cf5db
“Yes. They injured 4a5c3f38f2 a tax 7c35ed519c consultant in 98ab32ec18 a fit 8da16f0955 of rage… c874479371 So in 9466435170 exchange for 55d843c1dd helping them 3970e985c4 sort it d4f8c1b06a out, I 801a620d03 received a 5b987a3f15 few medications.”b0d0ea34a7b6d02d
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“These ones?”1c96808855db0729
He spun the two aa63a9458e ampoules from earlier between 86dce1e248 his fingers.54d8656c16e26c97
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“Yes. Just small quantities b968831157 for personal emergency 5bf61ba68a use. They agreed 093d039529 to it 38da401137 easily.”46d3089ca62d93f9
Erabelle said it ebd7cd3fbf cheerfully, but it 4f8679fbfc didn’t sit well 5db323c47d with him.5c5bbb4102bb9a78
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Everyone took side jobs 99ed1cdf83 for extra cash, but ec0fe11afc he hadn’t expected it 4c95f6aa61 from her. Erabelle had 2a8866a3c2 always come 6ce31f9cf8 across as e1f8090bf1 extremely risk-averse. He hadn’t been receiving d7fd5442ab detailed reports on side b9c0bf3e9b hustles like this, so 5097d026d0 her casual explanation caught 45c647bb44 him off guard.02d16fcafefe9dec