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Kami Garcia
Age: 52
Born: 1972
Born: March 25
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I don’t think Kitchen makes this. What’s it called again? Jell-O Surprise. Link grinned. What’s the surprise? Ridley examined the red gelatin more closely. What they put in it.
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It was all so clear now. Like everything had been lost in darkness, and then the sun came out. Some moments are like that.
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