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Do the elevators work? I ask Uriah, as quietly as I can. Sure they do. says Zeke, rolling his eyes, You think I'm stupid enough not to come here early and turn on the emergency generator? Yeah, says Uriah. I kinda do.

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
Turns
Yeah
Uriah
Eye
Early
Generator
Come
Stupid
Elevators
Enough
Says
Emergency
Work
Turn
Emergencies
Think
Eyes
Kinda
Thinking
Asks
Quietly
Sure
Rolling

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