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He leaned heavily on the desk now, as if danger had strengthened him before and its lack now made him weak.

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Danger
Made
Strengthened
Leaned
Heavily
Desk
Desks
Lack
Weak

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