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"No, no," Mericlou interrupted "Not that I one"

"Oh, that," Aldrec said with a slight pause "That's because they weren't real roses to begin with"

"They weren't?" Mericlou said, disappointed "It was so beautiful last night, just like a garden"

"I' "You see, we High elves were very strong in the ways of ons They can s out of thin air; they materialize what they need, when they need it, except for anything living or organic But we High elves only have the ability to make replicas of reality, and not perfect ones, as they fade after ti the violet petals in its wake His finger traced a se to rest softly upon her navel "Even the petals in the water and the ones left in your hair will vanish soon"

Mericlou leaned her head sideways as he washed her neck She noticed that he avoided the data plugs at the base of her skull "It's okay," she said "The plugs … they're sealed"

Aldrec had known her for a little over a year, and yet it still never ceased to aned Had it not been for the plugs affixed at the beginning of her hairline, and of course, her voice's lovely electronic resonance, he would have thought that she was human, perhaps only an albino who dyed her hair a peculiar shade of color

Even though he are of her sentience and sensed the power of her life force, it still aned this vessel for a soul, and that the Divine by whatever reasons he perforreatest s She had no physical flaws that he could see Androids were supposed to be manufactured with flawless bodies, but years of manufacture had caused some small, barely perceptible imperfections But as far as he could tell, she had none of these Even the tiny mole below her soft lips served only to accentuate her beauty: an ireat deal of love into her particular design Her first reat deal of money towards her purchase