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A little humiliation and ego deflation, now and then, is good for apprentices. Mine sighed miserably.

Jim Butcher

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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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Science Fiction Writer
Independence
Missouri
Mines
Mine
Apprentices
Deflation
Littles
Miserably
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Sighed
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