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“Whenever medical people said ‘discomfort,’ she knew what they really meant. If they meant discomfort, they would have just said ‘pinch’ or ‘pressure.’ Jessica imagined they must have a class in medical school called Understatement 101.”

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Book:The Zodiac Quest: A LitRPG Adventure
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