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Nora wanted one true sentence out before the doors opened . Upstairs , the merger draft had stalled on a clause both sides were calling continuity . Ben had said it was standard . Hana had smiled in the way that files a disagreement for later . Counsel had taken the stairs and called it exercise . Ben had stopped for his phone at the landing . The elevator held only Nora and Hana . Their badges were still warm from the readers . The floor numbers above the door had the blank look of a machine that might not bother . " Your continuity , " Hana said , " is a list of people you would like permission to lose . " Nora had a smoother reply from the prep , about roles rather than faces . It would have carried her to the lobby with nothing spilled . She let it go . " If we leave it as roles , someone on my side will keep whoever is easier to replace and call that continuity , " she said . " I would rather you name the person the place actually leans on . I can argue for a person . I cannot protect a category , and I'm tired of pretending I can . " Hana watched the seam of the doors . " You are asking me to hand you a hostage . " " I am asking you to stop me hiding inside a definition , " Nora said . " If the name is too precious to put in a clause , then we should not sign the clause . I can take that answer upstairs . A soft promise is an answer I cannot take anywhere . Ben will hear it as room to be kind , and his kindness is how people become interchangeable . " The car gave a small shudder and remembered the lobby . Hana spoke while the doors were still shut . " Idris , " she said . " Night dispatch . The chart calls him coverage . If your clause thinks he is a role , you have already lost him . " The doors opened . Lobby noise came in . Nora stepped out beside her .
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