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Caring too much could be dangerous I saw that now. But the alternative was no better.

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Ann Aguirre
Age: 54
Born: 1970
Born: August 27
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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the United States of America
Ellen Connor
Ava Gray
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Caring
Saws
Dangerous
Better
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