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[captainshort]

[ TO: Police Force / Intel Dept; viewable by others ]

Ladies and gentlemen, breakfast. Ignore the cliché! I did make a promise.

Besides, I think we all need it after the week we have had. Though I’m aware our problems are far from over.

[ POLICE FILTER // unhackable ]We all know what happened to the prison and those in it. As if we didn't have

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[twinned]

How do wings get out of commission?

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[captainshort]

When they're mechanical and get hit with bits of exploding prison.

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[twinned]

So, what, you built them yourself?

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[captainshort]

Gods, no. We have a technician back home. Yes, just one-he doesn't trust other fairies with his ideas. Foaly can be very paranoid.

[fowlprodigy]

They should be fixed up soon enough.

[captainshort]

Take your time, Mud Boy. I know you have a life beyond your work table now.

[fowlprodigy]

Careful now. We wouldn't want to world to discover I am capable of such.

[captainshort]

The world is asking for trouble if it doesn't know what Artemis Fowl is capable of.

[captainshort]

Yes-my helmet computer might have been knocked out too.

I hope you aren't hovering, Ishiah.

[captainshort]

Stop hovering. Sprites hover when they're anxious. Do you want me to make the same assumptions?

police force | unhackable

[captainshort]

Who

Both points worth discussing.

... Are you alright, Hiro?

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[captainshort]

It isn't that. At this point, it doesn't matter what I want, because the people always come first. I'm just not sure if I am the right candidate for the position or if I can handle it in the first place.

... "Eh" is not an answer, by the way.

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[captainshort]

That's what I like to hear.

And yes, I know. The prison was a blow, but it wasn't the only thing the force had. It wasn't even something we used as actively as a year or so ago, before the new headquarters popped out of nowhere. I remember when we had no established law enforcement in this place, the last thing we want is for that to happen again.

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[captainshort]

The question is who to appoint. You're right, we can't catch everything on the few patrols we have and people have got to remember that the force is voluntary.

I'm fine. Stressed, of course, but who isn't after all that's happened? What about you?