Having escaped New Dawn and brought more so-called dirty computers to the hotel over time, Jane had grown into a position of leadership at the hotel. Not intentionally, and she certainly wasn’t in charge—things were decided by the committee, by the Chord coming to harmony via vote—but she knew her way around the hotel and, more important, the world outside of it in a different way from most. She was wary of what the smell of legendary and heroic could do, and gently sidestepped anything that resembled authority. She was happy to be a counselor, an adviser, and voted along with the rest of the
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