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Garth Nix - I suppose you could call me... Soot," said...
I suppose you could call me... Soot," said the thing. "Yes... Soot. I have breathed it, lived in it, and eaten it for so long that it is a fitting name." "Eaten it?" asked Suzy. "Why eat soot?" "Boredom," said Soot. (Garth Nix)

I suppose you could call me... Soot," said the thing. "Yes... Soot. I have breathed it, lived in it, and eaten it for so long that it is a fitting name." "Eaten it?" asked Suzy. "Why eat soot?" "Boredom," said Soot.

Garth Nix

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