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TODAY A REPORT CAME FROM SPIES // SLIPPED INTO |/ GRIFFITH'S LOCATION. Z WE'VE BEEN CHASED AROUND SO BADLY, WE'RE ALL COVERED MIND AND BODY WITH WOUNDS. WE HAVEN'T ONLY BEEN RUNNING se lT'S NOT ALL GRIM
NO ONE'S BEEN COERCED INTO STAYING, EITHER. COURAGE AND WILLPOWER ALONE AREN'T ABOUT TO CUT IT, ESPECIALLY NOT NOW... BUT THERE'S NO ONE LEFT WHO WOULD TRY TO LEAVE. IN THE END, EVERYONE HERE IS, FOR BETTER OR WORSE, A HAWK TO THE CORE. 4 1O SAVE 4 GRIFFITH
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