the announcement

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The announcement came as a sudden email notification, just a few lines stripped of any preamble or fanfare. It detailed the immediate pause on all non-essential travel, effective by the end of the business day. People around the office stared at their screens, the quiet hum of work replaced by a low murmur of speculation and quick, hushed phone calls. Nobody had really seen it coming, yet the terse language left little room for interpretation. Plans that had been set for weeks were suddenly in…