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Your future is uncertain, and I can tell you nothing that can help you. You are singular and dangerous, and so it is that you are sought by both the Dark and the Light.

Alison Croggon

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Alison Croggon
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Transvaal
South Africa
Dangerous
Dark
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Future
Helping
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Singular
Light
Sought
Nothing
Uncertain

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