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An Odd Interlude

Have you ever seen a classical author do this?

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Daniel Evensen
Sep 12, 2025
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An Odd Interlude

This is a short but somewhat fascinating literary interlude. It’s written as if the author of the book were deciding how to proceed from here. I’ve chosen to keep this post short and focus solely on this interlude; more tomorrow.


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