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Some writers later, describing the events of that night and day, wrote that Wan'yen of the Altai had seen a spirit-dragon of the river and become afraid. Writers do that sort of thing. They like dragons in their tales.
Guy Gavriel Kay
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Guy Gavriel Kay
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: November 7
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