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Razo hopped back up and adopted a posture that said he was completely unruffled, never had been, and in fact was ready to do something manly like lift boulders or swallow live worms.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Live
Adopted
Something
Lift
Unruffled
Never
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Hopped
Like
Completely
Boulders
Ready
Swallow
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Manly
Facts
Posture
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Worms

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