When Erik walked into the office, he found a strangely peaceful atmosphere.

Laurent and Janssen were having a hot drink near the vending machine, apparently happily chatting; Meyer was at her desk, and from what he could see on her screen she was reading the day's news with an indifferent expression.

Only Hoffman talked animatedly on the phone, but his office was separated from the open space in which the junior staff worked by transparent and sound-proof walls, so ...