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Misty Sendaria, Silk said ironically. Sometimes I'm amazed that the entire kingdom doesn't rust shut.

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David Eddings
Age: 77 †
Born: 1931
Born: July 7
Died: 2009
Died: June 2
Novelist
Writer
Spokane
Washington
David Carroll Eddings
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Ironically
Sometimes
Rust
Silk
Amazed
Kingdom
Kingdoms
Shut
Entire
Misty

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