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“We got sound with this?” His voice was harsh She liked to think of it as his commander mode

“Yeah, but that’s a different file The data chips were da simultaneously like they should do Give me a minute”

She reached up, took hold of her husband’s hand, and held it tight He caressed her hair, letting her know she wasn’t alone She’d never be alone again

“Right, here it is” Hunter played the audio, but it was too low to hear, telling her that she’d picked it up in the background but hadn’t consciously listened to the conversation “Wait, let me enhance it”

The i This was the reason half the world was after her The reason she’d almost died All because of this One split second where she’d seen so she hadn’t even realized she’d heard

“Okay, here goes,” Hunter said, and then Miriam Shepherd’s voice filled the room

“I don’t want any roup

“Don’t worry There won’t be any Not for this hed

“Make sure you get the prototype,” a male said

“Of course” Arnold sounded s “Your new chip won’t be worth much if the competition still has their prototype Don’t worry We’ll oes up in smoke”

“We need to talk about ladmium output,” another female voice said—Sandrine “We need to increase production to meet the market demands in time”

“Especially seeing as we’re guaranteed a monopoly

in thecrap up” A male voice sounded amused