Ooh, a big snippet:
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Originally Posted by Sharon Lee
SNIPPET! Padi at work:
"I have an interest," Padi said promptly. "Also, I offer additional information pertinent to your side of the bargain."
"I am buying," Trader Isfelm told her.
"There is no price for the information I now share: If you wish to raise Liad, and wish neither to be laughed at nor challenged to a duel, you will also want a copy of the most recent edition of the Liaden Code of Proper Conduct, and A Child's Guide to Melant'i."
She paused, and added.
"The second work was written by Scholar Jen Sar Kiladi, a Liaden, for Terran consumption. It is quite the best work on the topic, according to a number of scholarly reviewers. I offer a file of the reviews as part of the additional information shared freely."
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Hmm. I like where this is going.