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I want you to go back into the barrack and tell the men to come out after the storm. Tell them to look up at me tied here. Tell them I’ll open my eyes and look back at them, and they’ll know hat I survived.
Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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