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Some Queen of the Pipes, I thought. I'd believed I was better than a mindless drone. But I was the mindless one, hiding away. Even now I referred to them as if I didn't belong.

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Maria V. Snyder
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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Oscove? Valek paused. He didn't have the stomach for it.
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You asked how I can be so calm. I don't have time not to be. I would like to grieve and worry and carry on, but that doesn't achieve results.
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I never said it would be easy. Giving up is easy.
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You could change into a goat and it would still apply.
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No, I said. I'm not safe, Belen. Who is going to tear Kerrick's arm off if he hits me again? Come on, I urged. Stay with us.
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