"Because he doesn't know how to leave well enough alone," she says, gently as she can maage. "His work back home was important to him and, in his head, he's always going to be that. Virgil. The Gentleman of Lethe."
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"Because he doesn't know how to leave well enough alone," she says, gently as she can maage. "His work back home was important to him and, in his head, he's always going to be that. Virgil. The Gentleman of Lethe."