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Nell was not one for friends and had never hidden her distaste for most other humans, their neurotic compulsion for the acquisition of allies.

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Kate Morton
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: July 19
Author
Novelist
Writer
Berri
South Australia
Australia
Acquisition
Neurotic
Compulsion
Allies
Hidden
Friends
Humans
Nell
Never
Distaste

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