[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#006400]Caden[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#006400]Location:[/color][/b] Backroom at Osiris Oasis – Chicago, IL
[b][color=#006400]Skills:[/color][/b] [/center]
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I smile softly and wipe at their tear-stained cheeks, covering my own fingers with makeup. I search for something to help clean them up, and I find tissues and offer them to Nero.

[color=#006400]”Perhaps it is because I make you feel safe and therefore vulnerable to do so. As for my observational skills, well, I developed those as a means of survival. However, when it comes to you, dear little imp, I think it is because I care deeply for you. It is perhaps that I have done things or asked things of you that remind you of a past where those choices were taken from you. Now I am giving you a choice, and that is bringing up past pains.”[/color]

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#B0C4DE]Avery Zain[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#B0C4DE]Location:[/color][/b] Diving – Chicago, IL 
[b][color=#B0C4DE]Skills:[/color][/b] [/center]
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[color=#B0C4DE]”The music calms me down,”[/color] I say and turn it back up. At this point, I couldn't care less what she prefers. I simply want to get back to Caden’s so we can go our separate ways.

[hr][hr][center][h1][color=#DB7093]Cassiopeia Claire Alistair[/color][/h1]
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[b][color=#DB7093]Location:[/color][/b] Walking Home – Chicago, IL 
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I snort when the next photo comes in. I laugh and shake my head. I can’t remember the last time I laughed so much.

[color=#DB7093][i]Oh wow, stunning. I’m not sure how I landed such a catch as you.[/i][/color] I send a sweaty emoji, laughing all the while and shaking my head.

I eventually make it into my house and release the cats from their prison. They go tearing through the home, rousing Max to join in on the late zoomies through the house. I laugh, shake my head at their antics and lock the door.