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Much as my father's absence does not even remotely compensate for my sister's, I suppose I might be able to tolerate returning. A good tennis partner is difficult to come by, after all, even if that city is the size of a shoe box. Anything to keep away from all that Doombot nonsense. I sincerely doubt this other potential conversation partner can keep up with me as well as you say, but if I must demonstrate my intellectual superiority, so be it.
You've clearly not thought the other idea through, though. Me in an even smaller cage, with that lot of insufferable fools? No doubt many of them could benefit from my guidance, but I've better things to do with my time than babysit a bunch of irredeemable criminals, even if I would make an excellent—
–Not as a warden, you say?
... What do you mean, not as a warden?
You've clearly not thought the other idea through, though. Me in an even smaller cage, with that lot of insufferable fools? No doubt many of them could benefit from my guidance, but I've better things to do with my time than babysit a bunch of irredeemable criminals, even if I would make an excellent—
–Not as a warden, you say?
... What do you mean, not as a warden?