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Xris stopped abruptly, smiled easily. "But you don't want to hear all that. It was a long time ago, anyway. And it all came down to one job. One simple, murine job .... "
CHAPTER 4
To unfailingly take what you attack, attack where there is no defense. For unfailingly secure defense, defend where there is no attack.
Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Iris and his longtime friend and partner Mashahiro Ito forced their way through the crowds pouring out of the mass transit station, walked the short distance to the main entrance of FISA headquarters. The season was spring on Janus 2. The gardens decorating the grounds were just beginning to come back to life after their winter's hiatus. Budding trees extended protective limbs over the tentatively blooming flower beds. Ito had once discoursed at great length on the symbology of the protective trees, the helpless flowers. Xris, grinning, had once told Ito what he could do with his symbology.
A large and massive sign read ADMINISTRATIVE GOVERNMENT FACILITY, JANUS 2. The sign made no mention of the fact that the Federal Intelligence and Security Agency was housed inside the building; it was supposedly top secret. But everyone on the planet knew. Janus 2 was quite proud of it. The building was a regular stop for tour shuttles.
The agents dodged a group of uniformed schoolchildren, who squealed with delight
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