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Owain crossed his arms over his chest. I've gone straight. Only good, clean jobs for me now. So, in other words, North said, you're living in poverty?

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Alexandra Bracken
Age: 37
Born: 1987
Born: February 27
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Scottsdale
Arizona
Clean
Poverty
Arms
Gone
Crossed
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Chest
Living
Chests
Jobs
North
Good
Straight

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