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Lilt pulled away. I saw what he was doing, so I cleared a path for him. I helped him do it... She shook her head, tears tracking the dust off her face, and turned to stare at the fallen tower. Have we all gone mad to want this?

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Lilt
Path
Staring
Tracking
Head
Helped
Cleared
Gone
Mad
Tower
Face
Fallen
Shook
Faces
Dust
Stare
Away
Turned
Towers
Saws
Tears
Pulled

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