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gloved finger

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ight, Mrs. Collins?" he aske

was a death sentence for one's social and financial life. He was th

amped her mouth

him. A man stepped forward. He wore a

dt. The Feder

the room. Why was the Federal

ng his glasses. "We were discussing... policy. He directed

powerful power broker in the cit

ontinued, his tone dry and clinical, "this constitutes attempted murder. Or a

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ed as the guards moved i

the crowd, looking at Isadore. He knew

king and screaming obscenities,

moved. He walk

a stranger. She could smell th

gloves. Finger by finger. The movemen

and," h

d. It was stinging. Her palm was

ine," s

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out hi

octave so only Ali could hear, "wear these

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intimate.

ths open. Isadore Walker, the Ice King, was offer

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Mr. Walker

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," he co

Walker, thank you for... clarifying things. Though, sur

turned

p crack. "Your daughter was nearly drown

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" Isadore said. He didn't

t, she saw the man from her vision. Th

alright?"

his gloves.

d, once.

a dark monolith, creating a barrier