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Natural environment Quote by Ann Leckie

“The space-dwelling nations of Shis’urna divided the universe into three parts. In the middle lay the natural environment of humans—space stations, ships, constructed habitats.” quote by Ann Leckie — Download Open image

““The space-dwelling nations of Shis’urna divided the universe into three parts. In the middle lay the natural environment of humans—space stations, ships, constructed habitats.””

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Good necessitates evil and the two sides of that disk are not always clearly marked.

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