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You're a pretty cool customer, huh? says Agent Hunt. I hide my inner pain under my stoic visage. Agent Hunt looks like he would like to put his fist through my stoic visage.

Holly Black

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Holly Black
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: November 10
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He’s quiet then. We lie next to each other, twin corpses waiting for burial.
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