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Alexia blinked stupidly at the Beta from around the earl’s upper arm. Her heart was doing crazy things, and she still could not locate her kneecaps. She took a deep breath and put some serious attention into tracking them down.

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Gail Carriger
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: May 4
Archaeologist
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Bolinas
California
Still
Took
Beta
Heart
Deep
Earl
Things
Arms
Locate
Serious
Blinked
Crazy
Tracking
Attention
Upper
Around
Breath
Alexia
Stills
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Stupidly

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