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Every few days, Edgar Paz, the head of Theranos’s security team, would come down with a mischievous look on his face, a badge hidden in his hand. At the sight of him, John and the logistics team would gather in excitement, knowing what was coming. As Paz drew closer, *he would slowly spin the badge from its necklace* and reveal the face on the front, eliciting gasps of surprise.

If his badge in a hand, what 'spin the badge from its necklace' means?

I've understood that he appeared quietly, without noise. Suddenly.

But, What was he doing with his badge?

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I can't understand what sentence means.
Hello!

There is text. I can't understand the text which is highlighted with asterisks:

Every few days, Edgar Paz, the head of Theranos’s security team, would come down with a mischievous look on his face, a badge hidden in his hand. At the sight of him, John and the logistics team would gather in excitement, knowing what was coming. As Paz drew closer, *he would slowly spin the badge from its necklace* and reveal the face on the front, eliciting gasps of surprise.

If his badge in a hand, what 'spin the badge from its necklace' means?

I've understood that he appeared quietly, without noise. Suddenly.

But, What was he doing with his badge?

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I agree with you that the description is a little bit confusing. It says that the badge is in his hand, so you think of him carrying it down low beside his pocket, but then he talks bout its necklace, so you start to picture it hanging from his neck. So there is a little jolt in the imagery there. Where exactly is this badge? Sounds like there is a contradiction. Right?

But if we read it carefully we see that there really isn't a contradiction. I picture a person who is wearing a badge which is hanging from a necklace around his neck, but his hand is holding onto the badge so that it is hidden. So his hand is covering the badge on his chest. When Paz drew closer, his hand slides off the badge and up the necklace. He lifts up the badge and lets it spin around so that the other side is revealed.

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The way I read  it is   ...  He had the badge in his hand ,the badge has a necklace connected to it . He holds the badge up by the chain part (necklace) and spins it .

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