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again, her lips pale from the strain of clenching them tightly.It seemed like a century had passed in silence before he finally spoke, asking, "How long!" His voice, transmitted over the phone line, s...waking easily at the slightest disturbance. And if something needed to be done, he would awaken with clockwork precision right before the appointed time. But just now, he had drifted off into a hazy s...