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Thank you, but we respectfully decline your overture, being more enjoyably occupied at present.

Laini Taylor

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Laini Taylor
Age: 52
Born: 1971
Born: December 11
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Chico
California
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Present
Overture
Respectfully
Occupied
Decline

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