Day 57: Library (third shift)
The meal shift had come to an end without being able to ease Seishin's confusion. In fact, the conversation with Vino-san had only served to raise even more questions than he initially had. It had all sounded so strange and unreal, though he didn't think the other man had any reason to lie to him. He couldn't help but to be a little skeptical,
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"The staff frown upon frank discussion of the true nature of this establishment." That was likely too subtle, but he'd have all afternoon to puzzle it out. "If you put up something that talks about tonight or last night, it's liable to be removed before it gets to the person you wanted to see it."
"They seem to have no trouble with extremely obvious code, so I wouldn't worry about coming up with anything fancy. Just refer to your evening activities as if they were dreams, and there'll be no problem."
The mystery wasn't so much why they -- at least the previous administration -- had frowned on calls to direct action, but why they'd allowed such transparent lies to pass. It nagged at her professional nerves. Intelligence should be consistent; this wasn't a case of a smart man panicking, but a constant omission. Merely sport? Or was there someone else that was fooled? The orderlies hadn't been blatant about it, but Lana had gotten the impression they were in on the grand joke.
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