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"Who said anything about panicking?" snapped Arthur. "This is still just the culture shock. You wait till I've settled down into the situation and found my bearings. Then I'll start panicking."
— Douglas Adams ‧ The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
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Our reading
An editorial interpretation.
Arthur insists he isn't panicking, explaining that he's still absorbing the shock of his strange new circumstances and hasn't gotten around to proper panic yet, promising it will begin only once he's settled and found his bearings.
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