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Kirby sat at his desk in the office he held as head of research for Cosgrove Research hitting the refresh key on the browser and waiting for the website he was using to finish reloading.

Checking the time, he saw it was 1pm exactly. He hit refresh one more time and it failed. His heart leapt — that was the signal to tell him they were now expecting him to move.

He looked up from his laptop to ensure he was not being watched from the lab. Most of the assistants were on lunch and those that were still wo...

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