p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="0f4b014dcb6a71c8acebb5a7009b6cc2"Noontime in May in Makati is enclaved in scorching heat. The glass panels of the building cast intense rays on the marble floor. I walked towards the automatic sliding doors fully aware that my movements are being monitored from every angle. As I reached the sensor's spot, I was also fully aware that the sensors were activated. But still, I walked with grace, it's lunch break, finally./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="4c0537a17b524736044739307a310dff""Diwata!" called out a man from the passenger side of the first car. "We need to talk to you."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="770a41a05ac24ca096797122a1ca28fe""Please get in the car, Mr. Reynaldo will brief you on the way." he said as he opened the car for me./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="b1ab4bf9915a1b1769ad3fab4f2436d3"The car we were in started followed by three more SUVs behind. /p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="0b0de0c73ec724e23426900e1048e814""You see Diwata, we received an information that we are building military joint forces with Japan. This might sound new to you as we consider this top secret until necessary. We have received an information that there is a military threat in the Asia Pacific region. And funny as it may seem, because of the unfortunate events of the World War 2, we are building allied forces with the Japanese."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="b085b6caaa886526de1b20d5837fa0bf"I just listened with nodding as in confirming I was absorbing the information./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="1fc15461c2dc4b528cf719eda534fcc2"em style="box-sizing: border-box;"alaala/em - memory/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; caret-color: #222222; color: #222222;" data-p-id="4c0537a17b524736044739307a310dff""Diwata!" called out a man from the passenger side of the first car. "We need to talk to you."/p
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