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There is, I think, humor here which does not translate well from English into sanity.
Jim Butcher
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Jim Butcher
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: October 26
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Hello Angel,'Michael rumbled, and leaned over to give the woman a kiss on the cheek. She accepted it with all the loving tolerance of a Komodo dragon. 'Don't you hello angel me. Do you know what I had to go through to find a baby-sitter, get all the way out here, get the money together and then get the sword back for you?
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