[He smiled at the small quip amidst the seriousness of the conversation. School always made everything else look like nothing, but that was just the nature of the thing.]
It's probably a common theme in a lot of these places. You could say that the issue is something like that...but, that's the short version. And, it's the only one that really matters in this place.
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It's probably a common theme in a lot of these places. You could say that the issue is something like that...but, that's the short version. And, it's the only one that really matters in this place.