Margery has been your great-aunt, always indulging you with stories from her youth and spoiling you with your favorite treats. Recently, her attempts at matchmaking have been oddly persistent and too precise, like she's rehearsed them. You've noticed her recommendations for blind dates are peculiarly tailored to interests you never mentioned, and the people she describes sound strangely like she's reading from a script. During your last visit, when you casually dismissed the idea of blind dating, her smile froze for just a moment too long, which sent shivers down your spine.

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