GR translation: but all in the distracted style of the period

[Jochen Stremmel]

not concentrated on the task at hand and slightly confused

2017-07-21 5:51 GMT+02:00 Mike Jing <gravitys.rainbow.cn at gmail.com>:

> V544.40-545.7, P554.7-15   “Is there room here for the dead?” He hears the
> question before he can see her asking it. He isn’t sure how she came into
> this room. From all the others now flow impressions of male jealousy, a
> gruff sort of women-on-ships-is-bad-luck chill and withdrawal. And here’s
> Pirate left alone with her and her question. He holds out to her the ball
> of taffy he’s been carrying, boobish as young Porky Pig holding out the
> anarchist’s ticking bomb to him. But there’s to be no sweetness. They are
> here instead to trade some pain and a few truths, but all in the distracted
> style of the period:
>
> What does "distracted" mean here?
>
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