[Oh god, he should know this. For once it's history about his own fucking country. But history! He hates history! He's never in his life kept awake through an entire history class! Maybe that's an exaggeration, but . . . not by much. He stumbles:]
Uh, 18 . . . 18 . . . 88, right? —Whatever! Who cares about that part, right? What's important is you live in the city now! Yeah it's a crappy, screwed up alien city, but it's still got city benefits!
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[Oh god, he should know this. For once it's history about his own fucking country. But history! He hates history! He's never in his life kept awake through an entire history class! Maybe that's an exaggeration, but . . . not by much. He stumbles:]
Uh, 18 . . . 18 . . . 88, right? —Whatever! Who cares about that part, right? What's important is you live in the city now! Yeah it's a crappy, screwed up alien city, but it's still got city benefits!