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And now I understand that truth casts a spell of its own, one I'm not sure of how to hold on to, though I'm desperate to try.

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Libba Bray
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: March 11
Novelist
Writer
Texas
United States
Sure
Though
Understand
Truth
Spell
Trying
Spells
Desperate
Casts
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