ROBERT REED CRAWLED UP on a massive pile of food scraps and yard trimmings and sat down. He buried his hands and rooted around a bit, grinning at his colleague, Kirk Steed. But instead of responding with a grimace of distaste, Steed merely smiled.

“Nice,” he said.

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