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In a dog's world, only three states existed: now, in a while, and forever. If someone left, he was gone forever, and when he returned they rejoiced as much as if he were back from the dead precisely because he'd been gone forever.

Mercedes Lackey

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Mercedes Lackey
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 24
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Short Story Writer
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
Someone
Existed
States
Precisely
Back
Dog
Much
Dead
World
Forever
Gone
Left
Rejoiced
Three
Returned

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