[Or cowardly. These can be tricky to distinguish at first look; on occasion they're the very same thing.
Rising from the lower bunk, he unfolds to a height ill-suited to these straw beds, comes to the bars, and leans shoulder-first against them. The particular care he takes seems more a symptom of discomfort than habitual precision, and the lowering of his voice more convenience than conspiracy.]
Have our kindly hosts assigned you a mark? Or is that a privilege reserved for the imprisoned.
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[Or cowardly. These can be tricky to distinguish at first look; on occasion they're the very same thing.
Rising from the lower bunk, he unfolds to a height ill-suited to these straw beds, comes to the bars, and leans shoulder-first against them. The particular care he takes seems more a symptom of discomfort than habitual precision, and the lowering of his voice more convenience than conspiracy.]
Have our kindly hosts assigned you a mark? Or is that a privilege reserved for the imprisoned.