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[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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I was!

[Richtofen holds his hands out, palms upward, and shrugs. His voice is high-pitched and cheery, though it's an overblown kind of cheeriness that comes off as tacky.]

Now, now. What sort of an ulterior motive do you think I have? [He pats A Tale of Two Cities where it sits on the desk.] It is just a book, mein Freund.

[That syrupy cheerfulness is definitely doing nothing to endear him to The Spine.

...but he does have a point. There's nothing sinister about A Tale of Two Cities.]

I can't rightly say what your motives might be, but it's weird seein' one of your sort playin' peacemaker.

[In other words, he's got his eye on you bucko.]

[Richtofen shrugs. "One of your sort," "your neck of the woods" - he can't say he's all too happy about this guy's attitude toward him, but to lash out would undermine all of his attempts at seeming friendly.]

I did not want another flood to happen here. It would have been quite a headache. [And, as a sort of response to those earlier book-burning comments, he adds:] I am all for the freedom of expression, you'll find.

Uh-huh. [Still skeptical. Something about Richtofen is just... weird.] So am I, so I guess I oughta be lettin' you get back to your readin'.

[...And because manners are Important, The Spine takes the brim of his fedora between two fingers and tips his head politely before cutting the feed.]

Danke. [Richtofen smiles in a way that wrinkles his nose and wiggles his fingers in a wave.] Ta.

[As soon as his face is back behind the book, he sticks his tongue out and gags.]

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