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"Paranoration has advanced a lot in the last few years," Roz said "Particularly since vampires admitted their existence That’s allowed the research tomore quickly"

That vampires had "admitted" their existence was probably up for debate The fored all of us out of the closet

"All right," Robin said, pulling a black padfolio froe on the notepad "You’ve requested our Advanced Assess the scope of your disturbance and reco and removal"

Ethan listened to the recitation without comment

"And should we discuss payaze

Ethan didn’t look ireed to your estimate You’ll receive payment when the service is performed"

"We take this seriously," Roz said "We do the work; we earn thejacked around"

Ethan’s spike of anger put ic in the air "As you’ve been warned, one of our va ‘jacked around,’ and we prefer guests to act with some measure of decorum Do we understand each other?"

Roz nodded stiffly

"We’re just a little on edge after last night," Robin said, putting the padfolio into his backpack "Getting close to so to be disrespectful, and we understand each other"

Ethan’s expression didn’t change

"This way," Luc said

I was last in line and watched them carefully as alked downstairs, as if their behavior would prove whether or not they were legiti in the décor Matt watched his equipment, and Robin rambled nervously about the weather

When we reached the door to Tunnel Three, Luc unlocked it, pushed it open

The air that eic That was a good start, at least for us CPAN ree

"Oh, ," Robin said, practically skipping into the chamber "Absolutely spectacular"

Roz followed, her gaze on the ceiling, on the walls, her dark fingers trailing across the brick as if to test its texture Matt kept his eyes trained on his sensors

"I think ‘spectacular’ is pretty close," Mallory said, eyes wide "This is pretty da"

Robin looked back at us, pointed into the depths of the tunnel "How far does it go?"