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Blue tried not to look at Gansey's boat shoes she felt better about him as a person if she pretended he wasn't wearing them.

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Maggie Stiefvater
Age: 43
Born: 1981
Born: November 18
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Harrisonburg
Virginia
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Gansey
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Blue
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