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As she left the room, Po went to Katsa, pulled her up, sat himself in her chair, and drew her into his lap. Shushing her, he rocked her, the two of them holding on to each other as if it were the only thing keeping the world from bursting apart.

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Went
Chair
Left
Sat
Two
Chairs
Thing
Holding
Rocked
World
Keeping
Bursting
Apart
Lap
Room
Drew
Rooms
Pulled

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