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The distinct beauty of the previous day had been slightly diminished by the few clouds that rolled in, but don Lusea had lost none of its charm Still, the activities of the oings, the sahts, sounds, and smells of business and pleasure

But today, this did not bring about the old co last, was different, and wonderfully so

Today, in the reen-haired beauty na life, there was soht him in a way that no one ever did, not even his friends, who had been few and far between And nearly all those he considered his closest were dead now, together in a place he would never see

No, he thought, stopping hiain into that dreadedhim down on a day such as this

"Good day to you, sir!" The elf ave a war the android?"

"No, not at all, ot to know each other better" Anxiously, he checked the traffic of shoppers to the left and right, ns of her approach "I' for her"

"How … nice," she said in an odd tone Though she seeh, her comment sounded almost forced

"I don't think she hasgenuine once s about people, you know So I think that it'll be good to have someone like yourself be a friend for her"

"Do you knohat flowers she likes?" Aldrec asked

The e look his way, but then sle, white rose froood, I believe," she said

"Do you have a pink one?" Aldrec asked

"Pink?" The maiden echoed as she put the rose back into the vase

"Yes I'd like a rose with a bit more color in it And I think she'd like it too"

"Don't you think pink is a bit … personal?" The