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Hey Alice, absolutely he spoke and you didn't want to speak,

but you didn't want to call me again, so that's why I decided to come down and give you flabbards and chocolates.

On my way back, you want to take it, you can take it. If you want to bring it, you can win it.

It's completely up to you. I just wanted to do something just to say I'm sorry and I'm sure that I'm really am sorry.

And yeah, that's the least I could have done.

But I know you're not going to come out in front of me and speak to me.

So that's why I left it there.

If you all want to speak to me, it'll be good if you don't.

There's nothing like you do.

Anyways, sorry for waking you up.

Hope you have a good night's sleep.

Bye.

Hello. I'm your host, Mike Boudet.

Welcome to Season 4, Episode 104 of Sword and Scale, a show that reveals that the

worst monsters are real.

Music For centuries, humans have exchanged flowers to communicate non-verbal messages. The type, the color, or even the arrangement of flowers can express love, friendship, admiration, or sorrow.

Red roses express romance. Gardinias symbolize forbidden love, and tulips convey

happiness. But these symbols of romance, love, and happiness can also be used to manipulate,

to control, and to instill fear.

Flowers, chocolates, poems, letters, almost anything can be twisted into a tool of abuse

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