From 'the Green Flash' Xi Comments

He was maybe the nicest man in the world and a gentleman who never 'sailed against the wind', in his own words. He was very smart, coincidentally. Or perhaps these qualities are found together, like oil and shale- who knows? But he understood Billy and didn't begrudge his pettish demands. He stopped laughing.

'What should I be reading', he asked, suddenly serious.
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