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Don't you dare try to apologize. His voice shakes. This is not something you can bandage with a word or two and some hugging, or something.

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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
Voice
Bandages
Two
Hugging
Trying
Apologize
Hug
Something
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Shakes
Dare
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