[Anise, you say that like you're reading him an article from playboy or something. Though he does notice a change in her voice for a moment or so, making him feel a bit more inclined to pay attention... he'd already read this page, hadn't he? Yes, he was on the last paragraph of this section before he stopped. She must have started from the top of the page...]
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[Suddenly it's occurring to him just which book this was.]
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[Suddenly it's occurring to him just which book this was.]