Elizabeth Bear Quotes

The tactic seemed to work, so he stuck to the same theme for the next few days, but there was only so much cryptography he could teach before it started squeezing out everything else.

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• The tactic seemed to work, so he stuck to the same theme for the next few days, but there was only so much cryptography he could teach before it started squeezing out everything else.

  

  Elizabeth Bear
  • Work
  • Teach
  • Cryptography