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Leo could run pretty fast when someone was trying to kill him. Sadly, he’d had a lot of practice.

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Rick Riordan
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: June 5
Author
Novelist
Teacher
Writer
Military City
USA
Richard Russell Riordan
Jr.
Richard Russell Riordan Jr
Pretty
Practice
Running
Someone
Trying
Sadly
Fast
Kill

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