He was standing expressionless, in his baggy black suit and flat-top, watching us as we put our bags and equipment through the scanner at the Capella Singapore hotel.
I think he was watching us; I can't be sure because he was wearing sunglasses, even though it was 5am and we were inside the hotel's carpark.
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