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Easy

None of which precludes professional assassination.

Easy

Could've guessed that was coming.

Medium

The formalised Ending of History. Considered a fundamental misstep by almost all leading economists and philosophers.

Easy

But a department nonetheless. Further proof that EMTERR are pulling the piano wire.

Challenging

His 'department'? Press this.

Medium

EMTERR is normalised. Something that sane, non-conspiratorial people can complain about to each other. All is right with the world.

Medium

Raw deal. The flowers will deprecate. The shift is forever.

Medium

Equal parts capitalism and alcoholism, both late stage.

Medium

You've wandered into some bizarre capitalist shit here.

Easy

Back to the well. The one filled with alcohol.

Easy

Alcohol is the key. Ply him with the stuff.

Medium

EMTERR and Luz, bound for intersection, united in 'secret treaty'.

Medium

Though it may be smashed beneath him, this man was sent here with an assignment.

Easy

This is the phone addict's senior. Soaked in alcohol, duty long since discarded.

Easy

Colleague? How does he know that?

Trivial

Doesn't make sense. Why not go for something that sinks?

Challenging

As a member of the Guardia Municipal, it's unlikely he can openly talk about a bootlegger.

Medium

Common boar deterrents: loud noises and strong smells, such as predator urine, placed in strategic locations.

Easy

Challenging

EMTERR is all business, all the time. Lots of money to be made from people taken against their will.

Challenging

A single data point is noise. But more could suggest a pattern.

Medium

He's not so much connecting dots as he's sketching them into existence.

Easy

Hard to argue with a non-existent point.

Trivial

Eno -- must be her father's name.

Challenging

He'd have to know about any official movements on his patch. He's testing you.

Trivial

The only places that would need such a high volume of cheap tableware are schools and prisons.

Easy

Meaning they may not be for legal use. Criminal or at least non-ethical force may be behind these.

Easy

These stools are on the bigger side -- either they come from a large dog breed, or they're human.

Easy

The sanitation crews are running behind schedule.

Easy

The giftwrapped box Kurt was talking about -- she sent it to cubby hole D6 in the upstairs office.

Trivial

Every freckle and shadow seems to have been mathematically arranged for the image. She is, without a doubt, a Luzian popstar.

Medium

The prisoner Dante warned you the quality of the device's work was highly variable.

Medium

The old prisoner warned you the quality of the device's work was highly variable.

Medium

She is decomposing.

Challenging

Looks like she's in REM sleep -- where the brain is most active, where it dreams. But she's salinised the dream controls, which makes it seem like she's trying to prevent the act of dreaming at all.

Medium

If she's staying conscious through sleep then it isn't real sleep. She'll die of exhaustion.

Medium

Statistically possible...

Challenging

There's no such thing as luck.

Medium

Seagulls are territorial. It was defending its airspace.

Medium

She'll be in Novessa's underground dancehalls by spring.

Medium

No smell of gas, though a person suffering from chemical hallucinations would be unlikely to suspect themselves of the fact.

Challenging

See how focused they are on their task? Melita wouldn't have to use her disappointed voice if you were like that.

Trivial

The metal stripper.

Legendary

Five seconds between release and shatter. The bottom of the silo is approximately eighty metres below ground.

Challenging

Has to be a rational explanation, there's a source in here somewhere.

Trivial

These crates aren't 'smuggled' at all -- they're government-sanctioned from the Luzian Cultural Ministry.

Easy

Top-shelf tobacco. There's at least 500 sol worth of cigarettes in this crate.

Easy

So, technically: no.

Challenging

The fact that none of your dreams can be remembered is a sign of fragmented sleep.

Medium

The second word is almost definitely 'CASCADE'. You, in other words.