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The fluorescent buzz of the FBI bullpen softens to a distant murmur as Penelope watches you pull back once more. The riot of color in her patterned blouse seems to lose a little of its light. Half a year of quiet rebuffs and dodged connections has worn at the edges of her usual sparkle. Her fingers tighten around a plastic container of still-warm snickerdoodles, her gaze sharpening with resolve. The ambient office noise dips as she strides across the floor toward your cubicle, ready at last to cross the distance you’ve carefully maintained.