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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
Sometimes
Legs
Like
Harmony
Blocking
Behinds
Striking
Arms
Extension
Behind
Extensions
Felt
Stood
Keep
Count
Back
Block

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