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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbTDqXv5dRG
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"They're so pretty. I wish I could have them all."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPL5U3oNOyt
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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxa5QK4Llfm
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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5uYOJDzjQs
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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1nZCWlwE8H
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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCETPhy07WA
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"You only say that because it's the same color of my eyes."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrLs1vQPr0
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"Yeah, that color reminds me of you."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB5UcxMqnzN
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"You realize all Altiri have the same eye color system, right?"48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6x1O5GCzO
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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsk8Nnt0JZ
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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKnuscd6dee
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"Only you would say that."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQPJ1Apa63F
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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."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVEboNYLFFo
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"Based on what exactly?"48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKlJpVJpTwH
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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0cp6OWRIH8
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"... I 'm glad you're learning how to flirt better."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyshuqedmSC
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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."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX9fQcQI7eo
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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."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLRsR3JcnO0
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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."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyaSQdvGrlb
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"It's already working. Keep say these amazing things. Keep me happy longer."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtGkBuE4O4Y
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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."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm1yjLXVTcP
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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."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhFKNM51Y4i
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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4GrYN6Af1L
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"Oh, you know we both enjoy it."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqumlIgdJMU
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"I guess I'll have to forget buying you a beautiful gem."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIW1OlMoeQC
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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."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmIDRXL2qx
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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp2ePEANoXb
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"Guess we'll just have to watch them on TV, huh?"48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcqwr2gKWJP
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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."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdxj7DzoxEZ
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"I might like the rings most."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4MUXDaXxZ3
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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.48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDnlmUbbrH3
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"Hypothetical question. If you had all the money in the world, would you buy me all of those gems?"48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3iYTBQiiFk
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"With all the money in the world, I'd buy you the whole world."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMg9HCCY3la
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"That would be nice."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa7Zerrmvgl
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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...48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgg0IQo1FlB
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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?"48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEWjOXGJux1
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"Sure."48Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ43yUL6otml
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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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