CHAPTER 44: THE FIRST VOTE
Author: Jules
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The silence that followed Marcus's statement lasted exactly seventeen seconds.

The UN Secretary General broke it first. "Are you proposing a formal acknowledgment of wrongdoing by all council factions? That would be unprecedented precedent-setting."

"Yes," Marcus said. "If we establish this council on foundation of competitive advantage or hidden agendas, it will collapse under first real conflict. We need to begin with truth. Complete, uncomfortable truth."

The Russian representative stood. "T
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