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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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3z0Clt0pCC
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"They're so pretty. I wish I could have them all."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Dig3O9vOD
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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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMfAPVf6mZl
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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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAlUn5HGJDn
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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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡecjZMyJfZZ
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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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOmtdi0jUMG
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"You only say that because it's the same color of my eyes."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY0Gul3vX6P
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"Yeah, that color reminds me of you."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGkLFHW96wy
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"You realize all Altiri have the same eye color system, right?"99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3vWZn2FCub
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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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡznMc3gWcdI
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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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdA7vtel98f
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"Only you would say that."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2bYZdTVZTB
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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."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs8SA5AE2Pz
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"Based on what exactly?"99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCi6vRpAM3
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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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFotY0GLbmb
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"... I 'm glad you're learning how to flirt better."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxBwHmzG3x2
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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."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKFzijLQq1G
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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."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgWyYQVi8OQ
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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."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9Ny8RxD2g
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"It's already working. Keep say these amazing things. Keep me happy longer."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7hQo0l8QoJ
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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."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnh4Y8eb3Us
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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."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhIN72PbeN9
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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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnUY8qYv7um
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"Oh, you know we both enjoy it."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdQyNIJI6NX
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"I guess I'll have to forget buying you a beautiful gem."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNjfQLL7ewW
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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."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8Qxv2eMse
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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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaAl3uDgTPp
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"Guess we'll just have to watch them on TV, huh?"99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgBi8eM0ozD
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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."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqIHacKAisv
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"I might like the rings most."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgTybqRINhh
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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.99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkAMQ155khU
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"Hypothetical question. If you had all the money in the world, would you buy me all of those gems?"99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUnkPorD5fV
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"With all the money in the world, I'd buy you the whole world."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1BgXAR7rI8
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"That would be nice."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy2s34WSdNZ
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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...99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyT3ZqSqsuC
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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?"99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdBoB6eny8V
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"Sure."99Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9r6ydUv3J
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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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