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Liz cleared her throat. Isn't there a more polite term we're supposed to use nowadays? Like....little person, or vertically challenged,or- I'm not going to call myself the god of vertically challenged people, Bes grumbled. I'm a dwarf!

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
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Military City
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Richard Russell Riordan
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Richard Russell Riordan Jr
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