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Just as Pastor Williams drew a breath to ask for objections\u2014a formality I thought we had long outgrown as a society\u2014a figure stood up in the third row. The movement was sharp, violent against the stillness of the ceremony. It was Paige Sterling, known to everyone as Piper. She was wearing an emerald green dress that clashed aggressively with our soft, earth-toned color palette. She looked like a jewel, hard and cold.<\/p>\n

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