[ A pause, in the flipping of pages also, as she considers. ]
On the other hand, if the purpose of the work, in the main, is--as you said--to groan about his father's absences, then had he more prolonged absences to groan about would he not have done so? Surely he could not have traveled to Kont-aar or Seheron without missing some... [ the flapping wrist of disinterested vagueness is all but audible ] childhood event.
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[ A pause, in the flipping of pages also, as she considers. ]
On the other hand, if the purpose of the work, in the main, is--as you said--to groan about his father's absences, then had he more prolonged absences to groan about would he not have done so? Surely he could not have traveled to Kont-aar or Seheron without missing some... [ the flapping wrist of disinterested vagueness is all but audible ] childhood event.