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t e n : shawn
Looking around Kara's... friend?, I ask her, "You want to keep dancing?".
"Me?", she asks, looking down. I mean, who else could I be talking to?
"Duh, loser", I joke. Of course she isn't a loser. She's pretty badass, actually. Apparently, she isn't g
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