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To question me onceis a simple mistake, Lieutenant. Twice is treason. We execute traitors.-Kahlan

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Terry Goodkind
Age: 72 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 17
Novelist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Terry Lee Goodkind
Question
Mistake
Lieutenant
Simple
Lieutenants
Traitors
Execute
Traitor
Treason
Twice

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