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Bringing Scotch Up To Speed

“What are you talking about?” Scotch asked. “Don’t tell me the super spy I’m talking to doesn’t know that Casanova was a spy.” Scotch stood, walking into the bathroom followed closely by Pen. She continued talking to him from the other side of the closed door. “Giacomo Casanova also known to many as Jacques and Chevalier de Seingalt was a writer and a soldier who relied on his charm and his gambling prowess to develop his fortunes. He also, for a time, worked for the Venetian Inquisitors of State as a spy.” The words “You’re a chemist,” returned to Pen from the bathroom. “Because I’m a chemist nothing except chemistry can exist in my brain? I suppose that you never think of anything else except picking up Intel and pens that explode.” “No. I am having trouble picturing you as someone who holds an interest in history.” “Scientists must keep detailed records of not only their hypotheses, but also their experiments and their results. The papers that describe it in de