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How absurd it was that in all seven kingdoms, the weakest and most vulnerable of people - girls, women - went unarmed and were taught nothing of fighting, while the strong were trained to the highest reaches of their skill.

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
People
Highest
Trained
Taught
Skill
Went
Kingdoms
Fighting
Absurd
Girl
Vulnerable
Strong
Seven
Unarmed
Women
Girls
Weakest
Nothing
Skills
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