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Chapter 566: The Vote Begins

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The room filled slowly.

That, too, was deliberate.

People arrived in ones and twos, avoiding the instinct to cluster with familiar allies. The usual choreography of pre vote alignment had been disrupted too thoroughly for anyone to feel certain where safety lay. Conversations stayed brief. Polite. Carefully empty.

Nathaniel arrived with

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