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She glared at him. Why are you forever asking hard questions? He smiled. Sooner or later you'll have to be able to answer one. Daja shoved him, grinning.

Tamora Pierce

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
Comics Writer
Novelist
Writer
Able
Smiled
Hard
Sooner
Questions
Later
Asking
Answer
Glared
Answers
Shoved
Forever
Grinning

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