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Coming from light into the dark, he was looking ahead of him, not down at me. My lunge, as I came to my feet, took him in the chest as I drove the sword upward with the strength of my legs. Even rusted, the sword slid through him, and I found, for the first time, how easy it is to kill a man.

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Megan Whalen Turner
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
Novelist
Writer
Firsts
Coming
Drove
First
Feet
Chest
Even
Came
Chests
Men
Looking
Ahead
Time
Dark
Legs
Rusted
Easy
Kill
Slid
Found
Took
Upward
Light
Strength
Sword

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