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What is it that makes diamonds, gemstones, and opals so beautiful? From every angle, these wonderful gems shine and reflect light, twinkling with the movement of viewing angles, tempting us to wear them on our finger or our neck, to bedazzle everyone else who may gaze on their radiance.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVJdfxBd0Q0
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"They're so pretty. I wish I could have them all."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNXGYFnPcT
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Shiny jewelry; that appears to be the theme of this moment. It's easy to imagine why. Haven't you ever walked into a jewelry store, stood at their glass display cases, and wished you could just walk away with all of it? There's a richness and luxurious aspect to gems that would never be found in modern currency, silver, or gold. Shiny jewelry is beautiful and amazing in its own right. It's the kind of luxury that exhibits its own brilliance.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruU2rHUCG3
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"Me too... Too bad I can't afford even one of them." I had to be real with Lumina here, before she got any funny ideas. It turns out she likes to look at jewelry as much as I do. She understands the beautiful aspects of jewels and stones. In the window-shopping state of any jeweler, or on the Gem Shopping Network, Lumina and I can appreciate their beauty without having to buy them. It still would be nice to afford one though.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡviKDNiutH0
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"Most people couldn't walk into a place like that and take what they want." She's right and she knows it. Jewelers often overprice their own gemstones to outrageous levels to make up the cost of their sales, and their marketers cram the idea down us all that these gemstones are at least expected in some form for wedding gifts or marriage proposals. I'm not going to be fooled. I didn't need a cute compressed rock to propose to my wife when I did, only heart and soul. If anyone were too poor to propose and wanted to use a fired onion ring instead, I wouldn't blame them. That money is better spent to something a little more useful than a static gemstone; even a wardrobe upgrade.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTXh3578M0y
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"The ones with cyan colors are the ones I like the most." I was looking at one right now, through the Gem Shopping Network, as Lumina and I had little else to do today besides sitting on each other's beds.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgPrl3HjaeJ
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"You only say that because it's the same color of my eyes."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDfSI1LhtXM
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"Yeah, that color reminds me of you."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqC4J35zNfv
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"You realize all Altiri have the same eye color system, right?"150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLjLBlnQ5X1
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"But only you have your special eyes, Lumina. If they're yours, it's even better." Lumina held back a chuckle, and I could tell I was going into lovey-dovey dreamy mode.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDyndNhOR7
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How could I not? Anything and everything related to Lumina is so amazing, so beautiful, worth more than every diamond in the world. After all these years, I'm still madly in love with her.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVzE4FBkWNk
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"Only you would say that."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡppOiyhrEdF
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"What makes you think that? Ask anyone else in your world if they love your eyes, and I'm sure they would say yes."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡryiJfoiISl
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"Based on what exactly?"150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzPjimJzdx8
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"Based on that cute smile you're doing right now. Makes your eyes even prettier." I can tell my words took her for a mild surprise, well worth having too. She's usually happy when she's with me, and I've grown to learn when she's having this much fun.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaaiUfNkFa
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"... I 'm glad you're learning how to flirt better."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDijoOXCu6g
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"Heh! Isn't it more fun this way? Just you and me, watching our show. Reminds me of when I took you to the Outlet Mall properly."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj4Hsp6KkCB
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"How is it that someone, as oblivious as you used to be, became so elegant and refined? I mean it; you've gotten much better at this dating thing."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk2fsGKaC06
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"Your answer lies in that mirror of yours. I had no choice but to learn all of this on my own, but you were my best motivation for it all Lumina. I figured out all the fun things for us to do together, and I can keep thinking of more to make you happy."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3btTe5KjSP
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"It's already working. Keep say these amazing things. Keep me happy longer."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWr3i4fHUmM
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"I'm running out of steamy essence over here. I can't keep it up forever you know. Eventually I'll slip up and say something too cringy to wipe from our minds, by accident of course."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQyyfxrKh2k
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"Even better. It would be funny if you got all nervous and said something humiliating, more amazing if other people heard it."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9yLo3OjpWO
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"Right, I forgot. You like to humiliate me. My embarrassment is your happiness." On this I know I'm not wrong. What's crazy is that I've grown accustomed to this side of her, maybe I'm even enjoying humiliating myself too, all to see her smile or laugh.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCPSr7jopzq
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"Oh, you know we both enjoy it."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMoxrtukogU
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"I guess I'll have to forget buying you a beautiful gem."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBojcsr16AK
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"Nice try. I've seen the abyss of your wallet. At this rate, burglary is your only chance to nab one."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡunpKahA8Z1
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"Don't get any funny ideas." I know she's only kidding, but to be real, if Lumina ever tried to coax me into being a street criminal, I might actually do it just for her, especially if she cosplays in a black jumpsuit.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSFhZ2tHbUf
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"Guess we'll just have to watch them on TV, huh?"150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuyUASKGNp
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Not wrong, but there's nothing I can do about it. I'm only on my second job and still being paid a really low wage. Working sucks! "Imagine all the bracelets, necklaces, and rings you could craft out of that."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYa7yHPFmMk
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"I might like the rings most."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPDBGgUhSAo
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"Same here." I had to think about what I said though, since I've been struggling to wear any kind of jewelry. Around my neck or my finger, it's too uncomfortable, and don't even get me started about this new phobia I have of anything being around my wrist. If I had any jewelry like that in real life, designed to be worn on the body, I'd be screwed.150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRgFec5rsnQ
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"Hypothetical question. If you had all the money in the world, would you buy me all of those gems?"150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPtgppmDL5C
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"With all the money in the world, I'd buy you the whole world."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ949yEsb7H5
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"That would be nice."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡebiD6TV9bG
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"Yeah..." There's a reason I try not to think about it though. Sure, it's fun to glance at incredible mansions and hotrods I could never afford, but at the same time, it only makes me jealous of those who have them; and not because of jealousy alone, but because I'm missing the very possibility to ever reach the level of a billionaire elite. The fact that I'm too poor for it to be possible is what's unfair; I'd put in the hard effort if I knew I would get there...150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQjzffEjC8y
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But the Rat Race is what it is for a reason; to keep the poor poorer, while the rich keep getting richer. I'm not a sucker for tricks, and brainwashing doesn't work on me. There must be another way to get to where I need to be, while focusing on priority number one. I'm not going to do it the hard way, nor am I going to give up. That said, I've had about enough of the thought. "Yeah, I could watch this all night. However, want to see what else is on?"150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjIf27pDwoL
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"Sure."150Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlqPzqwpe3i
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Just like that, I cycled through more channels, hoping to find us both a fun movie we could watch. I knew this would be an easy and slow night, but it's just as much fun anyway. This is my ideal night.
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