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Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.

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Mercedes Lackey
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 24
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Short Story Writer
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Chicago
Illinois
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
Rather
Used
Back
Hard
Way
Things
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