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The only intercourse possible between the knight and the dragon is battle.

Steven Pressfield

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Steven Pressfield
Age: 81
Born: 1943
Born: September 1
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Port-of-Spain
Knights
Intercourse
Dragons
Battle
Possible
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Dragon

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