"...but I'm just a scribe. I've done nothing that others haven't done", he says, confused, and flushes a little at the last words. "I can't see difficulty with those rules."
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"...but I'm just a scribe. I've done nothing that others haven't done", he says, confused, and flushes a little at the last words. "I can't see difficulty with those rules."