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What's this about flashing underwear? says Uriah, sidestepping a bunk. Whatever it is, I'm in.

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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
Uriah
Bunk
Insurgent
Flashing
Underwear
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Whatever

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