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Rodin received the file and read it with interest. He already knew he was going to accept the contract, and he had a pretty firm grasp of his reasons for doing so.
Motivation had always been important to Rodin. He needed to know why he did things. He had entered the Dome partly because he was being forced, but partly because he was so intrigued by the place. He had decided against killing Leopold because the man’s ideas made sense, and Rodin could see no positive side to his death.
With this contract, Rodin was intrigued. He wanted to get to the root of Mallos and his father, and the longer he worked on contracts for the two of them, the easier it would be to investigate without arousing suspicions. The official contract almost gave him permission to work on his own job.
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