THE WRONG MESSAGEThe soft hum of the air-conditioning filled the quiet of the library, sending chills down the spine of the students studying there. Dylan pulled his jacket tighter, cursing under his shaky breath as he sat across Lucas at one of the tables near the windows. He unzipped his bag and pulled out two notebooks, spreading them open between them. “If we attack their second point first," Lucas whispered, tapping his own against his notebook, “we can corner them in, force them into defending something they haven't actually researched." Dylan nodded, scattering several sheets of paper across the table surface. “And that'll give us control of the argument." Lucas looked up and smiled. "Exactly.”Dylan grinned at himself as he shifted one of the notes closer to himself. “And with the point on the economic impact, I can devise a way to redirect the discussion toward social benefits and the effects.”"Now,” Lucas said, waving his own at Dylan, "now you're thinking.”They had b
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