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Other men were fascinated with power and the constant competition that came with it. Others were fond of the pursuit of wealth, preferring to shower themselves in material objects than anything else. There were plenty who sought out the sins of the flesh, chasing men and women alike for a taste of something only addicts could dream of. But Royce was seduced only by the string of numbers clustering together in a formula and the lines of a blueprint outlining a new building - a new beginning - for the absolute intrigued him; unlike the other venues presented, the equations never lied.