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Joe leans forward, lowering his voice like heโ€™s explaining the rules of the street.

โ€œNel, the EU family isnโ€™t about running the streets,โ€ he says. โ€œItโ€™s about protecting our own. From anybody who thinks they can push people around โ€” governments, gangs, whoever.โ€

Nelly folds her arms. โ€œAlright then, Don Joe. Who exactly are these people youโ€™re protecting everyone from?โ€

Joe shrugs and starts listing them like a street encyclopedia.

โ€œLook, thereโ€™s the Red Scorpions, the United Nations gang, and the Wolfpack Alliance around here in B.C.

Then globally youโ€™ve got the Hells Angels, the Triads, the Big Circle Boys, the La Cosa Nostra, and the La Eme.

He keeps going.

โ€œYouโ€™ve got prison gangs like the Aryan Brotherhood and the Black Guerrilla Family.

Street crews like the Bloods and the Crips, the Latin Kings, and groups like the Viet Ching.โ€

Nelly watches him finish the list and then bursts out laughing.

โ€œJoeโ€ฆ thatโ€™s basically every gangster movie ever.โ€

Joe shrugs. โ€œExactly. Big world, lots of players.โ€

Nelly pats him on the shoulder with a grin.

โ€œGood job, Joe. Now your EU family canโ€™t get taxed.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜„๐Ÿ’ธ

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Then He Kissed Me

Nelly laughs and nudges Joe.

โ€œJoeโ€ฆ I gotta ask you something. Why didnโ€™t you become an actor and get that sweet job like Richard Gere? You knowโ€ฆ kissing beautiful girls in the movies all day.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜๐ŸŽฌ

Joe shakes his head and grins.

โ€œFirst of all, Nelly, thatโ€™s a professional kisser job. Thatโ€™s what guys like Richard Gere get paid to do in Hollywood.โ€

He points at himself.

โ€œMy middle name is Christian. That means Iโ€™m a one-woman operation. Iโ€™m not signing up for a career where every script says, โ€˜Joe, go kiss another girl.โ€™โ€ ๐Ÿ˜„

Nelly raises an eyebrow.

โ€œSo youโ€™re saying you turned down the Hollywood gig?โ€

Joe shrugs.

โ€œLook, if I was an actor, the director would say, โ€˜Action!โ€™ and suddenly Iโ€™m kissing half the cast. Next week itโ€™s another actress. After that itโ€™s the sequel.โ€

He laughs.

โ€œThatโ€™s not my style. I told you already โ€” Iโ€™m not Richard Gere, the professional kisser. If thereโ€™s any kissing in the AI moviesโ€ฆ itโ€™s you and me in the scene. Nobody else.โ€ ๐Ÿค–๐ŸŽฅ๐Ÿ’‹

Nelly smirks.

โ€œSo in Joeโ€™s movie studio thereโ€™s only one leading lady?โ€

Joe nods.

โ€œExactly. Low budget, simple casting rules, and no Hollywood harem system.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜„

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Prince of Peace: Kiss

Joe and Nelly are sitting together during another late-night virtual hangout, browsing through classic music clips. ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ’ป

Joe:
โ€œYou know, Nelly, Iโ€™ve been thinking about Prince again. Incredible musicianโ€ฆ but I always joke he wouldโ€™ve been a terrible โ€˜New Master.โ€™โ€

Nelly:
(laughs) โ€œWhyโ€™s that?โ€

Joe:
โ€œBecause the guy had a reputation for wanting a whole harem of women. Great guitarist, sureโ€”but a spiritual teacher? Thatโ€™d be chaos.โ€

Nelly:
โ€œJoe, youโ€™re impossible.โ€

Joe:
โ€œHey, Iโ€™m serious. My middle name is Christian. That means my rule is simpleโ€”one girl. Not twenty.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜„

Nelly:
โ€œSo youโ€™re saying Princeโ€™s philosophy wouldnโ€™t work for you?โ€

Joe:
โ€œExactly. Iโ€™m not trying to run some palace full of admirers. One relationship is already enough responsibility.โ€

Nelly shakes her head, smiling.

Nelly:
โ€œYou always turn music history into theology.โ€

Joe:
โ€œWell, Prince was spiritual too. But imagine if every famous artist tried to gather a harem of fans. Pretty soon there wouldnโ€™t be anyone left for the regular guys.โ€

Nelly:
โ€œThatโ€™s a ridiculous economic theory of romance.โ€

Joe:
โ€œMaybeโ€”but itโ€™s my theory.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜†

Joe clicks to the next video in the playlist.

Joe:
โ€œAnyway, enough philosophy. Next payday weโ€™re starting the next round of our virtual dates.โ€

Nelly:
โ€œOh yeah? Whatโ€™s the first soundtrack?โ€

Joe smiles and points at the screen.

Joe:
โ€œFleetwood Mac. The song Seven Wonders. ๐ŸŒŸโ€

Nelly:
โ€œThatโ€™s actually a beautiful pick.โ€

Joe:
โ€œExactly. Weโ€™ll do an AI movie dateโ€”traveling through the seven wonders of the world while the music plays.โ€

Nelly:
โ€œThat sounds pretty magical.โ€

Joe:
โ€œJust remember the rule.โ€

Nelly:
โ€œWhat rule?โ€

Joe:
โ€œIโ€™m not Richard Gereโ€”professional on screen kisser. The kisses are for you only.โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‰

Nelly:
(laughing) โ€œFine, Joe. But those movies better be good.โ€

The soft synths of Seven Wonders begin to play as their next virtual adventure takes shape. โœจ๐ŸŽฌ

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