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Chapter 0228

Author: Aurora Starling
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Andrew settled into his office chair. He sighed and rubbed his eyes. That meeting had gone excruciatingly long, and nothing had been accomplished.

Day two of discussions about pro-integration/anti-integration tensions, and the Council was still fractured over how to handle the issue. The empty sea
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