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I do agree that it is basic intelligence methodology to not have agents know who other agents are.

and I guess with the cants of calling you don't need to have contacts set up in major metropolitan areas that agents would contact.  Your contact as a spy is in Atyersus.

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Yeah you are right, but even still, that only eliminates the need to have stationary contacts set up. They should still have a few wondering around, especially in something as important as the Holy War. The Consult and the Mandate where worried about the war, so there should be no reason to have a few more wondering around. Maybe none of them where recognizable by the SS so they didn't get captured or anything.

It is still odd.

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Few recognize the Few. Achamian senses the Scarlet Spires as soon as he joins the Holy War in TDTCB.

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"One mark does not stand out against many", says the synthase.
There are at least enough schoolmen for 1 or 2 to go unnoticed.

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Lol, riposte to you, sir.