He knew all the answers. Everybody did. Everybody knew everything and …

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He knew all the answers. Everybody did. Everybody knew everything and everybody knew all the answers. It was just that the enemy seemed to know better ones. ✨ Iain M. Banks (2010). Surface Detail, p.80, Hachette UK
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