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“It’s not a harmless oversight. The consequences can be significant and far-reaching.”

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Each one is hand-plucked, which means you may spot a few black quills here and there; the company insists they’re harmless, and they disappear once cooked.

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A chunk of the ceiling comes down on Tano, but he reduces the rubble to harmless debris with one swing of the akrafena.

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Now they had combined the two and were heating the resulting mixture over a gas flame, which seemed harmless enough.

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“Just in case he’s harmless. Don’t wanna get him in trouble if he’s some innocent kid going through a hard time. I remember what that’s like.”

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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