[ Maker. What to do with this? Byerly has been accustomed, all his life, to people finding ways to avoid talking to him. Never once has he heard someone express an anxiety that he'd go away - only ever anxiety that he wouldn't go away.
What a strange life it is, he reflects, that he has come to lead. ]
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What a strange life it is, he reflects, that he has come to lead. ]
I suppose that depends.
[ His voice is light, and far from unkind. ]
Do you have any intention of becoming a bore?