Refuse Enhanced Surveillance

"No. Lockdown the streets, but no further than that. If the people find out we are watching them in their own homes, it might push them further towards the communists. We do not need more provocations, not now."

Eduardo nodded, though his face displayed no emotions, not even a flicker of disappointment.

Isabella couldn't help but shudder. He was as human as one of the porcelain dolls she had as a child, the ones with the dead glass eyes that seemed to follow her everywhere. She wondered, briefly, if there was even was a heart beating beneath the starched shirt and dark tie.

"Thank you, Minister," she said, forcing herself to hide her disgust.

[-10 Cabinet]