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Chapter Forty-Eight: The Welcome Cannot Continue
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Marcus had told Aria's delegation this in the preliminary protocol exchange that the two teams had conducted via secure communication in the days before the visit, the standard inter-delegation briefing that covered logistics, timing, and the sequence of formal elements. The speech was six paragraphs, which was appropriate for a royal
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