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The agents take care of the burning man incident and the party resumes. Then an agent, Edvar V’s oldest and most trusted, speaks into the microphone. The voice with no distinctive accent or timbre was meant to be forgotten, but the stance contained authority that silences the party. He addresses how the burning man “chose, against explicit instructions, to test the volatility of his wine,” and points out that the wine should be properly consumed and respected.