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We don't know what's happened out there since they put us in here, or how many generations have lived and died since they did.We could be the last people left.

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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
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Veronica Anne Roth
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