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This needs a specialist, or at least someone specialist adjacent. A doctor might be a good first bet.

There. A direct line to his suppliers. If the good doctor won't sell, you'll have to go over his head.

The implication is that you'll know it when you see it. Extremely ominous.

There's clearly history between the two doctors. Best guess is they used to work together -- that's your in.

The implication is that you'll know it when you see it. Extremely ominous.

Your brain is constantly churning out natural neurochemicals, it is basically made of drugs. Who are you to say no?

That is definitely, 100% a real condition.

Unfortunately, in the midst of all his ramblings, he has discovered a point.

You heard him talking to his suppliers. You need to find a way to get through to them directly.

He has access, that much is clear. But he's a middle man, not the supplier.

He's been waiting his entire life to hear your words.

The second time is, somehow, worse than the first.

Presumably for the benefit of the wire you're not wearing.

In this context, 'jealousy' translates to gross violations of medical and or human decency.

A few months, at most, after EMTERR offered Portofiro the chance to develop their own space program -- and the funds to do so.

Had the launch been an official success, Portofiro would've become one of the big boys of the Developed World.

Portofiro would've become one of the Big Boys of the Developed World.

Historical figures never live up to the tyranny of the mundane.

She outsmarted the Bank. She may be a pain but she is undeniably skilled.

The spoils of working for EMTERR.

Dante... could it have been... Tempo's message... all will be forgiven... if you pull this off...

Dopamine, adrenaline, DMT, endorphins of every flavour and hue.

In spite of you, the conclusion slips into its natural niche -- common sense, inevitable in retrospect.

In spite of you, the knowledge slips into its natural niche in your brain - common sense, inevitable in retrospect.

He seems to be perplexed by his own question.

No sense in lying at this point.

Each new sentence is appended to the puzzle of the preceding ones.

As the old man speaks, a little bubble of doubt rises up from your subconscious and bursts through the surface of your awareness.

It makes no sense -- Melita wouldn't have you jumping through hoops to obtain the Lich's itinerary if she had a direct line to the Weeping Eye. And yet...

With that, one of the final loose pieces slots into place.

Behold, the dialectic in action!

In spite of you, the knowledge slips into its natural niche in your brain -- common sense, inevitable in retrospect.

In spite of you, the knowledge slips into its natural niche in your brain -- obvious, inevitable.

Then, whenever you get zeroed out, she'll have to spend the rest of her life avoiding perfume counters, tea rooms, and community gardens.

You'd be trapped here.

Between that and the intercom, Hauzmann wasn't kidding about recent security upgrades.

Hauzmann mentioned recent security upgrades. That'd be one of them.

Quite the investments in security, between that door and the intercom.

Quite the investment in security.

That, and the intercom. The heartless man in the bar wasn't kidding about security upgrades.

The heartless man mentioned recent security upgrades. That'd be one of them.

It's not about the canal. It's what's built around it.

You could just leave it as is. Restraint's also a choice.

Up there, your heart beats twice as fast and half as hard.

This could be where the engineer on the pylon saw the human-sized package...

One deep in the red.

Diameter in relation to structure... a rough capacity of twelve-to-fifteen litres per second.

Something's stopping the water from draining. Still, this is undeniably the first step.

That worked. It's draining.

You could keep trying, but the smartest move is to rule out unknown variables.

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