Cald a strange mixture of fear and excitement as  S. It  tunnel on to tion troke of pure luck and tions ill cascading through his mind.

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    “Use t c’s in anotook t in a small container.

    “ould it by any chance be a Mr. Johnson?”

    “t’s right.”

    “But  tal tag t gets placed on passport cime you use them?” Caldwell asked.

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    “t icket,” Caldwell laug him.

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    “t Fouler ion for t. e kno. Besides, I am traveling as Ms. Ztac the Union Embassy in Beijing.”

    “talk about em.”

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    “Anyteresting?” Caldwell asked.

    “Only to a guy, peralking about  of entertainment after this is all over.”

    “So all t e time frame?”

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    “o do t?”

    “No idea. I’ll leave it to Kenzo Yamamoto’s console to figure t out.”

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    tourists  t control to t er and ion officer  c ic eyes.

    “First time in S into tever ter screen.

    “Yes.” Cald sure wch his response.

    “Business or pleasure?”

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