21:23:16 Hrs

From the transponder of agent TF43

I'm out of the pantry.... will narrate what I can... a small truck pulled up and they are unloading some more crates into the kitchen. I saw Marco come in using the delivery guys as cover. He hasn't seen me.

No sign of Grigori, but from what you are telling me... he is starting to 'stink' so his smell should lead me to him soon.

I'm back in the entertainment hall.... shit, Sergio, something is different. I think they have already dispensed a mother load of Sanctity. People are practically floating. They are like a sea of bodies and smiles and singing. It is easy to tell who has taken Anti-Sanctity, so that should make my job both easier and harder.... easier because they stand out like tuxedos at a Grateful Dead concert and hard because if I am not careful I will stand out, too.
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I just saw Marco shake off Tad... Tad is crying again. I think Marco may have 'led Tad on' in order to gain his favor. I can't figure out if he has been given the Anti-Sanctity or not. As Konrad's assistant, he may prove to be useful.... (hang on)....

"Tad, hey, are you ok?"

"Ingrid, I, I..."

"Tad, I know what it is like to be disappointed by a man"

"Oh, Ingrid! I just can't believe myself... I am such a sucker for a dangerous man... I can't believe I let Marco get to me like this, I should have known he was just using me to get to Konrad. I can't believe I let my guard down."

"I gotta go, Tad...But pull yourself together. Remember, just because you decided to take that stick out of your ass doesn't mean you have to beat yourself up with it. You are finally letting your heart open...and there is strength in vulnerability. Konrad is drugging you. Actually he has been drugging you for a while, but also drugging you to protect you from the drug you are experiencing now... does that make sense?"

(awkward silence)

"Ingrid, I... I"

"Tad, I am asking you: Does that make sense to you?"

"Yes, but....how do you...? That bastard, Konrad told me he would keep me on the Anti-Sanctity... Ingrid, why do you think I won't tell Konrad that you know about all this?"

"Because now you are free, aren't you?"

"No, actually now I am drugged with one drug, instead of two... like some kind of double- negative redundancy..."

"Tad, I mean now YOU ARE FREE aren't you? aren't we all? ...I gotta go, really"
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Shit, Sergio, I had to peel back two fingernails to pull off that kind of civility to that flaming cry-baby, but it can be very useful to have him on our side. And I don't think he's going to have a chance to talk to Konrad tonight!