Chapter 37
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It was late at night, but all the lights were on. All the lights in the underground bunker were always on, at least in the halls and common areas. The only difference between daytime and nighttime was the amount of obvious activity. There were almost always some people who stayed up working, regardless of what hour of night or day. Tonight there were fewer of them than normal. The announcement that the company was going to market with its first product had lifted some of the tension in the air, at least temporarily. Everyone downstairs had gone upstairs to fraternize, and the fraternizing had gone on until after midnight. Around one in the morning, everyone who was able to go to bed had gone to bed – some of them alone and some accompanied. Everyone who hadn’t been ab
