SERAMilo arrived at 7am with a face that had clearly made several decisions about this situation and settled on reluctant forward motion as the most viable option.He looked at me in the sitting room chair. He looked at the two coffee cups. He looked at Caden standing by the east window.'Good morning,' Caden said.'Is it,' Milo said. It was not a question. He came in and sat down and accepted the coffee that Caden produced for him with the air of a man who needed it professionally.For a moment the three of us were quiet in the amber light.'She knows about Crane,' Caden said.Milo looked at me. 'How much does she know about Crane?''Name, description, operational profile,' I said. 'Victor's network. Sent to assess my progress. He has been in the border town for four days and he has not approached the packhouse because he is building a picture first. That is how he works.'Milo absorbed this.'How do you know how he works?' he said.'I have worked alongside him twice. Different ass
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