[Keane...tries not to look crestfallen. He really does. But he was never as good as Schuldig at concealing his less desirable emotions, and it's a rather poor job.] ...so there's no guarantee I'll get this far, even with all this. [Whatever his emotions, though, his voice is perfectly level and impassive. This possibility is nothing new to him, even if he just had a few blessed minutes of believing it had been ascertained otherwise.]
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