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I was going to say the beginning is the good part, when it's all sparks and sparkles, before they are inevitably unmasked as assholes.

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Laini Taylor
Age: 53
Born: 1971
Born: December 11
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Chico
California
Part
Going
Unmasked
Good
Sparkles
Assholes
Sparkle
Inevitably
Sparks
Beginning

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