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We used to call the biowar intelligence and analysis section at ImpSec HQ the Nightmare Barn,” Miles reminisced. "In a large building full of pale, overcaffeinated men, they had a reputation as being the pastiest and the twitchiest.
Lois McMaster Bujold
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