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“Because it’s not a political story and it’s not Washington DC No, I’ton state, the northernmost part that’s still habitable”

“North of Washington is Canada and it’s almost all habitable It’s not like the world stops at the top of Washington”

“See, this is why it should be you! You already know half this shit”

“I don’t even knohat shit we’re talking about I just knohere Washington and Canada are”

“I like you I always have” Trinity picks up the pen again, but doesn’t chew it this ti down on a notepad “There’s only one problem”

As I see, there are far more problems, one of which is that I still have no idea what she’s talking about “Which is?”

“You’re going to have to take Jarom”

“Oh God No” Jarorapher He has an insanely slobbering crush onall the time Well, maybe ninety percent of the tiure out how to keep his ht a silver ribbon of drool usually finds its way out onto the surface of whatever he is standing or sitting over

“He’s our best photographer When I told hinht of you out there all alone makes him feel protective Like he’ll be able to keep you safe You don’t really want to deprive hiet to feel like a man? I mean, come on”

“First of all, I absolutely do want to deprive hireed to take the story on, mainly because I still don’t knohat it is Third, it’s not my job to make him or anyone else feel like a man”

“I think he’s got a little crush on you,” said Trinity, and she wiggles her eyebrows “And if you don’t take this story I’ll totally fire you”

“No you won’t”

“No I probably won’t But I want you to take it, because there’s a proble to cut down a bunch of forest so they can build a sanctuary for endangered ani to displace a ton of other animals that already use the forest for their sanctuary Go out there and find le”

“Isn’t that already an angle?”

“Just in case that peters out,” says Trinity, “there’s so even better, and this is why I was so surprised that none of these babies here wanted to take it”