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58: Full Disclosure

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Huo Yan's study at eleven-thirty PM had the quality of a room that had been asked to hold something significant and had risen to the occasion without comment.

He was at his desk when they came in. He looked up when the door opened — looked at Zhan first, read something in his posture, then looked at Lin Meng. His expression did not change. He took in the situation in a single sweep and filed it and said: "Sit down."

They sat. Zhan in the corner chair. Lin Meng across the desk in the position th
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