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Tally turned away. Five minutes was suddenly too long to stand here, eyes burning, unable to cry.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Eyes
Tally
Five
Unable
Burning
Eye
Suddenly
Away
Cry
Long
Turned
Minutes
Stand

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