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I was sorry to lose it, and if you make me another one, I promise not to get taken captive by bandits and have to use it to save my life.

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Shannon Hale
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: January 26
Author
Fantasy Author
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Salt Lake City
Utah
Taken
Bandits
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Captive
Another
Captives
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Sorry
Life
Save
Promise
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