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(excuse a foggy brain)

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> After thinking about it for a bit, Godsey agreed to let me tell that story.

So this person was willing to go off the record but then decided to go on the record.

You only needed to read 2 more paragraphs to find:

> After thinking about it for a bit, Godsey agreed to let me tell that story.