A Diamond and Her Pearl

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Dusty Rose diamond was relaxing in her room with some Selenites when her Pearl (Blush Pearl) came running in. "My diamond! We just got the last annual report from the Tourmalines of Station 34!" As the Selenites scattered the graceful Diamond held out her hand and the Pearl hopped on. "Show me." The pearl paused for a moment, then projected the reports from her gem light and remarked "I don't think you'll like one of them..."  Rose sighed. "It was group 18 again, right, Pearl?" The Pearl nodded. The Diamond leaned her head back and put the Pearl on her chair's armrest. "Give me an overall review, pearl." Blush pearl cleared her throat. "Well, groups 1-6 did exceptional work, as always. 7-9 did well, also usual. Of course, 10 isn't a group, but the gem still did quite nicely. 11-16 was also quite good, but some of the reports were sloppy and ill-organized such as 13 and 14. 17-18 were okay, but as I said earlier, 18 didn't quite meet expectations."

"Alright, Pearl. That will be all." Dusty Rose said calmly. The Selenites emerged from hiding and climbed on Rose quickly, seemingly as light as a feather. The ones that had hidden in the Diamond's rose-like hair started fidgeting with the petals. Their voices began as whispers, overlapping each other as they continued running around the spacey room. After a while, it was much easier to hear some of what they were saying. "Group 18 again?" One remarked, covering her mouth in disapproval. "I heard that they're defective, but I can't know for sure." Said another. Hopefully, there will be no more bad reports from Indicolite again.

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