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Norah watched him, serious and utterly absorbed in his task, overcome by the simple fact of his existence.

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Kim Edwards
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: May 4
Author
Novelist
Writer
Killeen
Texas
Existence
Absorbed
Simple
Utterly
Fact
Watched
Facts
Overcome
Task
Overcoming
Tasks
Serious
Norah

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