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He turned to face her again, his late-pretty composure crumbling. But you're... Pretty? Think again. She smiled. I'm Tally Youngbood. My mind is very ugly. And I'm taking your car.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Pretty
Composure
Face
Crumbling
Faces
Smiled
Mind
Ugly
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Turned
Thinking
Car
Late
Taking
Tally

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