"I'm counting on it," Cullen smiled back. As they rounded a corner at the top of the main stairwell, Cullen spotted Cadifor. He stood with several larger men and still managed to appear head and shoulders over them as he argued vehemently for some point that Cullen couldn't hear.Cadifor growled angrily as Cullen approached. "You can't seriously believe they're telling us the truth. At the very least they're holding back information if not outright lying.""We've not been given any reason to doubt their veracity to date," came a superior tone. The man speaking was tall and thin, lanky, with curly dark hair and glazed green eyes. He almost sounded bored with the conversation, in sharp contrast to Cadifor's vehemence."By virtue of being the human federal government I have reason to doubt not only their veracity," Cadifor responded with mocking emphasis, "but their motivation, intent, and appearance. The only reason I've ever worked with them is out of necessity. And in each of those in
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