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And I tell her about his description because I want her to know what I now know, which is that the place where the pepper grows is not a place to be afraid of_I tell her: Mama, exile is not always the darkest corner of the earth. Sometimes it is lush and plentiful, sometimes it is full of life_
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And I tell her about his description because I want her to know what I now know, which is that the place where the pepper grows is not a place to be afraid of_I tell her: Mama, exile is not always the darkest corner of the earth. Sometimes it is lush and plentiful, sometimes it is full of life_

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