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“Think of this as a job interview,” Drifter replied. “I got a whole new operation about to come online, and [[Gambit]] was training for it. You’re one of the best candidates I got.”
“Think of this as a job interview,” Drifter replied. “I got a whole new operation about to come online, and [[Gambit]] was training for it. You’re one of the best candidates I got.”


Beneath his helmet, Joxer raised an eyebrow. “You sure about that? I’m no ‘Hero of the Red War.’”
Beneath his helmet, Joxer raised an eyebrow. “You sure about that? I’m no 'Hero of the Red War.’”


Drifter chuckled. “Why does everyone think I got a mad-on for that one?”
Drifter chuckled. “Why does everyone think I got a mad-on for that one?”
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Drifter snickered. “You thought he was useless, didn’t ya?”
Drifter snickered. “You thought he was useless, didn’t ya?”


Joxer sighed. “‘Til he dropped the meanest Taken I’ve ever seen on the enemy side.”
Joxer sighed. “'Til he dropped the meanest Taken I’ve ever seen on the enemy side.”


“Brother, if you manage to summon a giant blocker?” Drifter shook his head, grinning. “That thing’s gotta eat.”
“Brother, if you manage to summon a giant blocker?” Drifter shook his head, grinning. “That thing’s gotta eat.”
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“Go on, girl,” Executor [[Hideo]] said, steepling his fingers.
“Go on, girl,” Executor [[Hideo]] said, steepling his fingers.


“She is no ‘girl,’” Ikora hissed.
“She is no 'girl,’” Ikora hissed.


Aunor ignored them both, continuing, “The Drifter has convinced the Guardian population to use the Taken as a weapon. To murder Guardians.”
Aunor ignored them both, continuing, “The Drifter has convinced the Guardian population to use the Taken as a weapon. To murder Guardians.”
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“The past few months, the Praxic Order has seen a historic number of Guardians go rogue.”
“The past few months, the Praxic Order has seen a historic number of Guardians go rogue.”


“’Rogue,’ ‘rogue,’ what is ‘rogue,’” Arach [[Jalaal]] said. “Everyone is a rogue now. It is fashionable to be a rogue.”
“’Rogue,’ 'rogue,’ what is 'rogue,’” Arach [[Jalaal]] said. “Everyone is a rogue now. It is fashionable to be a rogue.”


“You’ll see it in my report,” Aunor said. “Some have adopted the name ‘Dredgen.’ You want my professional opinion? Ideas are powerful things, and the Drifter has too many. Board that travesty he calls a ship and throw him out an airlock, before the City sees another Dark Age.”
“You’ll see it in my report,” Aunor said. “Some have adopted the name 'Dredgen.’ You want my professional opinion? Ideas are powerful things, and the Drifter has too many. Board that travesty he calls a ship and throw him out an airlock, before the City sees another Dark Age.”


The Vanguard and the Consensus looked at her in silence.
The Vanguard and the Consensus looked at her in silence.
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“Freeze playback,” Aunor said. Time stopped. “Confirm what I’m seeing.”
“Freeze playback,” Aunor said. Time stopped. “Confirm what I’m seeing.”


The Tower’s central processing unit spoke with an automated voice. “Ghost ‘Sundance’ audiovisual feed, third-person perspective; date of recording is roughly six months prior.”
The Tower’s central processing unit spoke with an automated voice. “Ghost 'Sundance’ audiovisual feed, third-person perspective; date of recording is roughly six months prior.”


“Scan the feed for soft light interposition.”
“Scan the feed for soft light interposition.”
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Aunor swept her coat back and clasped her armored hands behind her. “Why did the feed end?”
Aunor swept her coat back and clasped her armored hands behind her. “Why did the feed end?”


“Subject ‘Sundance’ suffered unrecoverable system failure and ceased recording.”
“Subject 'Sundance’ suffered unrecoverable system failure and ceased recording.”


“[[Scorn]] guns can’t kill a Ghost,” the man said, taking a step away from the wall, and uncrossing his arms.
“[[Scorn]] guns can’t kill a Ghost,” the man said, taking a step away from the wall, and uncrossing his arms.
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“Seventeen. In my off-hours. I needed to know if I could trust the Guardian that let Cayde die.”
“Seventeen. In my off-hours. I needed to know if I could trust the Guardian that let Cayde die.”


Ikora was silent for a moment, then she said, quietly, “Not ‘the’ Guardian. Guardians plural. Zavala and I are just as—”
Ikora was silent for a moment, then she said, quietly, “Not 'the’ Guardian. Guardians plural. Zavala and I are just as—”


“Culpable, yes. You didn’t let me finish. We lost Cayde on a random Tuesday. And you all just took that Guardian’s word for it? One who’s had less than a decade of service?” Aunor turned, bathed in the layered light of the holograms. Arc energy hummed in the air around her. The holograms flickered and distorted. “You didn’t think to ask whether it was a lie? You didn’t think it was important to pore over this footage, to double-check every possible angle—“
“Culpable, yes. You didn’t let me finish. We lost Cayde on a random Tuesday. And you all just took that Guardian’s word for it? One who’s had less than a decade of service?” Aunor turned, bathed in the layered light of the holograms. Arc energy hummed in the air around her. The holograms flickered and distorted. “You didn’t think to ask whether it was a lie? You didn’t think it was important to pore over this footage, to double-check every possible angle—“