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Hugh waited in his suite of rooms for Townsend. He was a little surprised Trinity wasn’t back from seeing the doctor yet. She’d told him she’d try to be back for the court hearings. Kalper was probably busy. A knock sounded on the door, and he opened it.
“You’re supposed to check to see who it is?” Rex gave him a disgusted look from the hallway.
Townsend stood behind the large Guard, trying not to laugh.
“And you’re supposed to go home at night and not haunt the halls.” He’d spent over a month finding the Servants and Guards who worked at the Council Building places to live. Before the war they’d spent their free time trying not to be noticed or hiding in the tunnels and rooms beneath the main building. The area was cold, bare and depressing.
“It ain’t night now, and I told
