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I wake wondering how I did not notice, every day I sat across from her at the breakfast table, that she was full to bursting with Dauntless energy. Was it because she hid it well? Or was it because I wasn't looking?

Veronica Roth

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