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Slaughterhouse-Five Chapter 9, Section 12

By Kurt Vonnegut

Chapter 9, Section 12

Rumfoord cannot believe Billy is speaking—he was sure he was a vegetable.
He doesn't understand him at first and needs to have Billy's words explained to him by Lily.