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Commander! Sir! Wake up! Jack surfaced from sleep, wondering who the commander was and wishing he'd respond so he could go back to sleep - until he remembered that he was the commander.

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Cinda Williams Chima
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 1
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Ohio
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Jack
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