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I saw in details while she saw in scope. Not seeing the scope is why I am here and she is not. I took each element spearately and never looked to see that they never did fit together properly

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Erin Morgenstern
Age: 46
Born: 1978
Born: July 8
Novelist
Writer
Looked
Saws
Took
Scope
Seeing
Properly
Together
Element
Never
Details
Fit
Elements

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