There was something about the cocksure confidence of that statement that gave Auger goose pimples. It was like an invitation to fate. (Alastair Reynolds)

There was something about the cocksure confidence of that statement that gave Auger goose pimples. It was like an invitation to fate.

Alastair Reynolds

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