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You're a mean old man, Your Grace. And that is the way it should be. Roial informed. Mean young men are trivial, and kindly old men boring. Here, let me get us something to drink.
Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson
Age: 48
Born: 1975
Born: December 19
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