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[doctor_dismemberment]

[The feed cuts on to a frantic-looking Nazi who's struggling to smile.]

Look. No, okay, look, ja? [He holds his hands up to the camera in a "calm down" motion.] There are three posts about that silly collar thing. Talk in those. Let us do something else now, okay?

[He lifts up a book.]

We are going to read some stories, then we may discuss them. That is fun und unrelated, right? Here, I will begin.

[He clears his throat.]

'It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...'

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[stop_calling_me_zelda]

[Ricky, you've intrigued the child.]

How can it be the best of times and the worst of times?

[No seriously, she actually looks interested.]

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[doctor_dismemberment]

It... [He wrinkles his nose and frowns down at the book.] I don't know. Perhaps this author is bipolar? Maybe they have a split personality?

[He scratches his chin with one gloved finger as he tries to puzzle it out.]

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[stop_calling_me_zelda]

Sounds like a good explanation. What book is it? It doesn't sound like anything I'd find on the Great Sea.

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[doctor_dismemberment]

It's called A Tale of Two Cities. It was the first thing I grabbed, so I cannot vouch for quality.

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[stop_calling_me_zelda]

Sounds kinda interesting. But confusing.

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[doctor_dismemberment]

[Richtofen nods in agreement.]

You are telling me. All of these contradictions on the first page alone! What was this Dickens thinking?

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[stop_calling_me_zelda]

He probably wasn't. Maybe his book just sucked so bad that they published it out of pity?

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[doctor_dismemberment]

I would not doubt it.

[He presses his lips into a hard line and regards the book with an appraising stare.]

How sad. I thought publishing standards were better back then.