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Have a little faith in me, Volger. I have great faith, tempered with vast annoyance.

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Scott Westerfeld
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: May 5
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Dallas
Texas
Scott David Westerfeld
Littles
Little
Great
Annoyance
Tempered
Vast
Faith

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