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That Shay was in possesion of hand grenades was a comforting thought showed what kind of night this had become.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
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Night
Hands
Thought
Shay
Become
Grenades
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Comforting
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