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After a long pause, the old man finally let out a hoarse "hmm." Reis pulled open the drawer by the bed and took out a long box slightly bigger than a stationery case. Using the faint light of the small lamp, he began to work. His movements were practiced, like a well-trained doctor, right up to the moment he snapped off the glass seal on the medicine bottle and drew the liquid into a syringe