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He first presses his thumb to his lips, then clears his throat a couple of times inappropriately. And when he begins to speak, his voice visibly trembles. Which again is a mystery to me, because a couple of days ago this unkempt guy nearly smeared a reporter who snuck into a press conference with a list of unspecified questions with a few strong words.

– I checked all the entries in the cadastre books – the building had long been abandoned and was on the balance sheet of the city.

– Next, – I hurry up, because I guessed it all without him.

– I have all the documents, certified by the man from the mayor’s office…

– … who, by the way, is no longer working, – interrupts my nephew, visibly ironic.

He and Lori are at odds because I didn’t do what the Lun’s family tradition dictates by appointing Sh’Iren as my right hand. The boy, objectively, was not ready, though he was better educated and had a brilliant practice in the law office of my old mate, who certainly wouldn’t “pull” a good recommendation on him just out of respect for me. But Laurie had worked under me for a long time and, one might say, had practically entered the world of big politics with me from scratch. In this campaign, and even with a claim to the senator’s chair, I, after weighing all the pros and cons, decided not to take any chances and not to change a horse at a crossroads.