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And over it all, the butterflies swarmed, like a million yellow-pettalled flowers dancing on swirling winds.

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Steven Erikson
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: October 7
Anthropologist
Archaeologist
Novelist
Writer
City of Toronto
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