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Chapter 568: The Turning Vote

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The room did not empty after Naomi finished.

That was the first sign.

In previous crises, people had scattered quickly once data replaced rhetoric. Retreat was instinctive when certainty arrived. This time, they stayed. Some sat back down. Others leaned forward, hands folded, no longer pretending their interest was procedural.

They we

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