The man with the green eyes stroked his bare chin. ‘How many Servants are available, not working on Reshuffles for the current thread?’ ‘We have sixteen million, sir.’ ‘That is not enough. Not enough at all. Pull out any Servant not working on a Top Tier Reshuffle. Put them on this. I want at least three billion to start with. One million will work the machines, scanning for anomalies. Look through all our subjects. All of them. Anything we can find that doesn’t fit, that raises questions. The rest . . . boots on the ground. Cast the net. Hide in plain sight, they’ll know the drill. Search the
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