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Why did they come billions of miles just to stare at us? It's rude.

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Rick Yancey
Age: 61
Born: 1962
Born: November 4
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Screenwriter
Writer
Miami
Florida
Richard Yancey
William James Henry
Will Henry
Come
Stare
Rude
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Billions
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