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You're not very nice, I say, grinning. You're one to talk. Hey, I could be nice if I tried. Hmm. He taps his chin. Say something nice, then. You're very good-looking. He smiles, his teeth a flash in this dark. I like this 'nice' thing.

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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
Dark
Chins
Talk
Smiles
Thing
Flash
Something
Hey
Good
Teeth
Taps
Like
Tried
Hmm
Nice
Grinning
Looking
Chin

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