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I walked into the reception room where the same agent was sitting, her eyes had dark bangs on them clear form the signs of stress and lack of sleep.

She stood up, "Mr Lucas,"

"Cut the bullshit, just call me Lucas," I replied.

"You look…well," she said.

"Oh, last time we met I was in bad shape, but I suppose you know, with everything happening, this isn't that abnormal," I said.

"Of course… anyway we managed to broker a deal, the contract you gave us, we took a look at it and we have… accepted the terms, but a few clauses have to be changed," she added.

The last part was spoken with a bit of hesitation.

I opened the door that was behind me and said, "Nothing will be changed, you can leave if you want," I said.

"Okay! Okay…we'll accept all the terms, but you have to give us information regarding what's happening, a lot of civilians are dying…"