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Animals do not do what they have done. Animals kill to eat, to defend themselves or their own, and to protect their territory. Not for the joy of it. Not for the lust of it...Only humans do that, wizard.

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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