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I think I speak for everyone, he says, when I say you have earned the title of Dauntless.

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Veronica Roth
Age: 36
Born: 1988
Born: August 19
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Science Fiction Writer
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New York City
New York
Veronica Anne Roth
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Oh. I just assumed... That because I am so absorbed by him everyone must be too.
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Tris, Tobias says, crouching next to me. His face is pale, almost yellow. There is too much I want to say. The first thing that comes out is, Beatrice. He laughs weakly. Beatrice, he amends, and touches his lips to mine. I curl my fingers into his shirt.
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We believe in shouting for those who can only whisper, in defending those who cannot defend themselves.
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The gun goes off. I fall.
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