[The problem was, he didn't get all of it. When people talked in too-big chunks, he was liable to miss bits in the middle. Especially when talking to people with non-standard accents. At any rate it accounted for his momentary frustration.]
Yeesh, are the other ships really that small?
[This in response to her mention of sardines. He caught the bit about sardines. That had to be the most important bit.]
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[The problem was, he didn't get all of it. When people talked in too-big chunks, he was liable to miss bits in the middle. Especially when talking to people with non-standard accents. At any rate it accounted for his momentary frustration.]
Yeesh, are the other ships really that small?
[This in response to her mention of sardines. He caught the bit about sardines. That had to be the most important bit.]