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Chapter 5, “Dreadnought” (p. 65)
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“I’m sorry Mr. Stanton, really I am. I didn’t mean to miss it. Things...happened.”
“Oh, well. Things happened. How nice to have that cleared up.”

— M. K. Hobson

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "“I’m sorry Mr. Stanton, really I am. I didn’t mean to miss it. Things...happened.”
“Oh, well. Things happened. How nice to have that cleared up.”" in the context of "Chapter 5, “Dreadnought” (p. 65)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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M. K. Hobson

About M. K. Hobson

M. K. Hobson (born January 21, 1969) is an American speculative fiction and fantasy writer.