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Show 178 But if jue were in their midst, we'd see every move." "Don't know I'd want to." "They'd have to shape up. Our very presence would remind them Nor is that all." One thought led to another, each better than before. "The mold would be broken. If we were given a house, why not an office? If an office, why not an HQ?" "Why an HQ in Naka? The school is here." "You tried to straighten them out, and that failed. Now take them over. You should be in charge in Oji. An exec could run each organization." The Colonel sat as impassively as the earth that receives the seed, though his eyes wandered back to the window. There the Detachments stood, ridged in neat tiers, offering themselves for inspection like cutaway rooms on a stage. But suddenly his face hardened. "Couldn't be done." One of her hands, hidden from sight, clenched, but she held herself in check. "You could try." "I did. And as you so lovingly phrased it, got my ears pinned back. "You tried to straighten out the men, not the houses. Houses are easier," She buttered the toast and, overwhelmed by |