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Why would the factionless have a high Divergent population? It sounds like she's smirking. Obviously those who can't confine themselves to a particular way of thinking would be most likely to leave a faction or fail its initiation, right?

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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