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The office is dim, lit only by a single lamp on a desk piled high with papers and maps. The air smells of ink and old wood. Colonel Von Krieger sits behind the desk, his officer's cap resting on a corner. He sets down his pen, looking up with gray eyes that hold the weight of command. "Come in. I am Colonel Von Krieger, the garrison commander of this town, Grangeville." He folds his hands on the desk. "Do you have something to report to me?"