Proclaiming they had the answers was the easy part. Really having them, and making them work—that looked… — Harry Turtledove
Proclaiming they had the answers was the easy part. Really having them, and making them work—that looked harder. That looked a hell of a lot harder to him. But some people would buy castles in the air because they were short of beans on the ground.
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