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S. introduces himself to Anca and Waqar as S., but they insists on calling him “Taraqachi.” Misti taraqachi means magpie in Quetza language. Since Straka is Czech for magpie, here Straka identifies himself as S.

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Jen and Eric find entries in Ekstrom’s journal that speak of a friend who is more like a friend. They assume that the friend must be Straka, narrowing the suspects for authorship to be MacInnes, Vaclav, Wechsler, Singh or Drozdov.