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Chapter 6 - 6

You finally push your plate away, your stomach uncomfortably full. You love Grandma's cooking, but it's usually pretty heavy: all meat and bread and pasta, since vegetables tend to scream at Grandma when she tries to eat them.

"Well then, now that you've eaten a proper meal I can finally give you your present!" Grandma says, turning to a shelf above the table where several potted plants sit. Their leafy vines hang down across the wall and create a lush, green curtain.

"Guadalupe, would you please?"

At Grandma's request, the nearest vine swings toward you, an envelope nestled between its lowest leaves.

"Go ahead, take it," Grandma practically squeals. "I can't wait any longer!"

Knowing it'd be useless to object, you open the envelope—which is made of silk fabric, never paper—and pull out a card made entirely out of dried rose petals. Grandma never lets anything go to waste, especially not the remains of her best friends.

And while this rose-card is especially lovely, you're really stunned by what's inside…

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DEPARTMENT FOR THE REGULATION OF POWERED RESOURCES: HERO LICENSE

Name: Francesca Sterling

Gender: Female

Marital Status: Single

Orientation:

Since the twenty-first-century political disputes regarding sexual orientation and marriage, the government has required all citizens to declare their orientation along with their marital status. You may think it's a bit of an invasion of privacy, but it was a required field on your application.

So, you answered that you are attracted to: