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We stood back-to-back, blocking and striking in harmony sometimes it felt like his arms and legs were an extension of me. I could count on him to keep them off me from behind.

Ann Aguirre

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
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Harmony
Blocking
Behinds
Striking
Arms
Extension
Behind
Extensions
Felt
Stood
Keep
Count
Back
Block
Sometimes
Legs

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