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Something about the man grated at em. They were not quite sure what it was at first, whether it was the self-assured way he spoke, or the self-aggrandizing expression he wore on his face. The man was nigh intolerable.
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Something about the man grated at em. They were not quite sure what it was at first, whether it was the self-assured way he spoke, or the self-aggrandizing expression he wore on his face. The man was nigh intolerable.
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All the same, ey tried eir best to wear a smile on their face as they spoke.
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All the same, ey tried eir best to wear a smile on their face as they spoke. "And you're Joseph Rankin. It's a pleasure to finally get the chance to meet you in the flesh. Thank y--"
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"What a curious choice of phrase, in the flesh." His voice was droll, bored. "Have you stopped to think of all of the little idioms we bring with us from phys-side? Even that term! Phys-side. It spells out very plainly that we do not exist in that form any longer. We exist in *opposition* to it. Sys-side contains no such sense of our abstract existence."
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Ey nodded, ingratiating. The man was clearly used to having the chance to expound on his own ideas, and anything that anyone else had to say was of secondary importance --- if it was important at all.
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