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27 lines
1.1 KiB
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They are keeping me waiting.
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* Hut 14
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> 1: Hut 14. The door was locked after I sat down.
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I don't even have a pen to do any work. There's a copy of the morning's intercept in my pocket, but staring at the jumbled letters will only drive me mad.
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I am not a machine, whatever they say about me.
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* Think
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* Plan
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* Wait
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> 1:
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They suspect me to be a traitor. They think I stole the component from the calculating machine. They will be searching my bunk and cases.
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When they don't find it, they'll come back and demand I talk.
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I rattle my fingers on the field table.
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* Plan
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* Wait
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> 1:
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What I am is a problem—solver. Good with figures, quick with crosswords, excellent at chess.
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But in this scenario — in this trap — what is the winning play?
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# forceful: 0
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* Co—operate
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* Dissemble
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* Divert
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> 1:
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I must co—operate. My credibility is my main asset. To contradict myself, or another source, would be fatal.
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I must simply hope they do not ask the questions I do not want to answer.
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Half an hour goes by before Commander Harris returns. He closes the door behind him quickly, as though afraid a loose word might slip inside.
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# forceful: -1 |