"Oh, really?" says Bill, genuinely interested by that. "There was an exorcist in my last book." He huffs a laugh out, shaking his head. "I probably got the entire thing wrong."
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"Oh, really?" says Bill, genuinely interested by that. "There was an exorcist in my last book." He huffs a laugh out, shaking his head. "I probably got the entire thing wrong."