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He remembered mentoring. He’d been good at it he thought: introducing young recruits into the business, passing on his knowledge and experiences, coaching. He was still asked to do some. There were so many new Agents joining the business he was kept busy working with the programmers, connected to their machines: training. But it wasn’t the same. He remembered Alex: tall, a bright kid, hard working, attentive but just a little weird. He remembered something Alex said and how surprised he’d been. He remembered how it had changed his way of thinking, led to that idea. He missed young Alex. ,