You
rang?
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I
guess I did. Good to
see you again, Mr. Nile.
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And
you. Interesting
choice of avatar.
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Just
what I had to hand. How's fiction been treating you?
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Oh,
can't complain,
can't complain.
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Not
wearing your Borges
suit anymore, I see.
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No.
Funnily enough, being an old, blind librarian isn't nearly as amusing
as it sounds.
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The
new look fits you.
It's much more… you.
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Thank you.
Now, how about we get on with our deal?
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Eager,
aren't you?
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You're
offering me a new medium to play with. Of course I'm eager.
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Hmm.
Well, we're pretty much set. Although I'm a bit worried about this
snow.
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Snow?
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Started
coming down the middle of yesterday. Never seen it settle that fast.
And it's late in the year for it, too.
/
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I'm
somehow failing to catch the relevance in any of that.
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Oh,
it's probably nothing. Just feels a bit like... like reality lodging
a complaint. That's all.
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I
see. And when did we start caring about reality?
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Point.
/
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Everything's
still in
place then, I take it?
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Oh,
yeah. We're all
set for tomorrow.
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And
you still want
to go ahead with this?
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Sure.
Sure. It's just...
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Just
what?
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Just...
just don't do anything too evil, okay? While you're in control,
I mean.
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Evil?
Me?
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I've
always written
you as being... morally
ambiguous. At best.
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My
dear boy. I'm practically you. And it'll just be a comic. How evil
could I possibly get?
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