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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.
Maria V. Snyder
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Maria V. Snyder
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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