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Chapter 68. SNAP
The old man tells Hollis that she has arrived at “a most inopportune time” as they prepare to commit “a number of criminal offenses, under both Canadian and American law.” The old man assures Hollis that their “motivation is decidedly nonstandard” and they have no intention to harm anyone nor to let Hollis leave until their work is completed.
The old man, “trained by the government agency of which I was a member,” quickly assesses Hollis character [and googles her Wikipedia entry] offers to make her a witness to a secret history where she can use her celebrity status to act “as a sort of time capsule” for the legacy the old man intends to leave behind. [660 characters]