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Hill returned Alice to his room and instructed her to stay put.
He stood at the door, waiting for Adrian to come down, and walked with him into Fran's room.
Fran sat upright in the dark small living room, his expression stern.
He looked up at the two men, "Sit down, do you have any news from the other cities?"
Hill suggested, "They should know; I saw a few of them using their communicators."
Fran nodded, "Adrian, go up later and take a look."
He said to Hill, "They are indeed very interesting. They don't care about achieving victory in this way."
"That lady was there too," said Adrian, "very proud. Constantly singing her own praises."
"Securing the greatest victory at the smallest cost is their creed," Hill said slowly, "Schemes and tricks don't matter; they didn't think they'd need them, it's more about amusing themselves."
