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My heart died a while back. [Eragon]

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Christopher Paolini
Age: 41
Born: 1983
Born: November 17
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Christopher James Paolini
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...life is in Fate's hands now. You made your choice to stay... it's too late to change that, so stop agonizing over it.... You're making my scales itch. Saphira, from Eragon
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