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The look of disbelief that ran across the boy's face was somehow more disturbing than the despair it had replaced. This creature had given up hope long ago he probably begged out of habit rather than expectation.

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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Lincoln
Nebraska
Long
Probably
Creature
Face
Somehow
Rather
Despair
Begged
Faces
Expectations
Disbelief
Hope
Across
Expectation
Given
Creatures
Disturbing
Look
Habit
Ran
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Boys
Replaced

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