So, here's the supposed antidote.
Daneel wrote:

Pals?
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Of course. (But if you're going to start with a capital after the quote mark, you will need a period -- not a comma -- beforehand.

) I think what is technically called for are elipses setting off the text within quotes at each post. The fragments are thoroughly interrupted. But since there are so many quotes, personally I'd rather make do with context and leave out quotation marks.