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Could someone like Bebe ever be a part of it?

Most likely not, as I’m not a normal dude

Regardless, I have some hard decisions to make, and they need to be made soon I’m out of tiht you coffee,” I chirp at Dozer as I walk over to his workstation

I’m not a “chirpy” kind of person by nature, but I woke up feeling different Maybe it was the flush of excite between Griff and asht, but I chirp at Dozer

He knows this is unusual, and his eyes narrow as he accepts the A”

“Chirpier,” I quip back, turning to my workstation

“Huh?”

I glance over my shoulder to see he’s clearly confused “Let’s just say I had a date with Griff last night, and it went very, very well”

“Oh, I get it,” he draith a cheesy grin “You got laid”

“No,” I correct with a schoolmarm look “But I did fool around, and it esome He’s awesome”

“Good for you,” Dozer exclai his attention to his computer

I’ onto my workstation The retinal software I’d i has also been applied to each person’s coht slides over my eyeballs, and my unit starts to boot up

An alarnize the sound Ifthe same alarm It’s from our external security carao off if any passersby show too —like if a person continually walks by, stops and studies the building for too long, or attee

Dozer reacts quickly By the time I move over to his station to hover over his shoulder, he’s pulling up the cae screens that sits atop the table

I get dizzy as I zero in on the caate that closes off our underground garage Standing there staring directly at the camera… is Griff

“Go get Kynan,” I whisper to Dozer, not because I don’t want to be overheard but because all the air has been sucked fros

“Who is that?” Dozer asks, not budging from his seat On the video screen, atch as Griff pulls his phone fro on the screen with his thumbs