"It is, yes," he agrees with the emphatic good cheer of a natural scholar.
"May I ask what it is, apart from having been imprisoned, which makes you a candidate for this 'Suicide Squad' of which you spoke?"
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"It is, yes," he agrees with the emphatic good cheer of a natural scholar.
"May I ask what it is, apart from having been imprisoned, which makes you a candidate for this 'Suicide Squad' of which you spoke?"