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“Absolutely. Our proprietary technology and unique program matches you based on you. Not some form you fill out, not a dating profile. What we’re scanning is just you. We already have successful businesses across five different planets in the Coalition, including the Coalition homeworld. Our success between matches is at 100%.”

“No way,” Sophie gasped, like she hadn’t already been told this information when Jeanie initially contacted her to do this. “There’s no way it’s 100%. What’s the catch?”

“Well, there is one,” Jeanie grimaced. “If your mate hasn’t been scanned, we can’t match you to them. Both, or all, members of the relationship have to be scanned in order for a match to be made. Which means that, if your mate never scans themselves, you might never find them. But that’s all the more reason to convince everyone you know to get scanned. You might not know where your soulmate is hiding, but we do. If we scan you both, we can bring you together.”

“You said ‘all’ members of a relationship. You mean, this can match more than just a couple?”

“Absolutely! Some relationships are based on three, four, maybe even more people. Our process of matching will give us a hit regardless of your orientation or preference. Straight, gay, monogamous, polygamous, whatever. We’re for everyone.”

“Including, I hear, aliens.” Sophie’s brows cocked.

“Our database includes everyone.” Jeanie repeated seriously. “Now, I don’t want to give anyone a false sense of what we’re doing. You can’t come here and request an alien mate. That’s not how it works. The majority of people who get scanned will match in their own species – human to human. But, yes, there are some who will match with an alien. Either way, regardless of where your match is, on planet or off, True Match also offers travel help to get you to them. We’ve got contacts with multiple government entities across the universe and on Earth to help get you where you need to go.”

“We’ll, that’s one worry off my mind. Kind of hard to get transportation off Earth.” Sophie chuckled, twisting her body so her skirt flared just a bit. Keeping herself moving but being mindful of her fidgeting. Static images were harder for people to focus on, but too much movement was distracting. “So, I’m going to be scanned today, right? Take me through the process. If I was coming in to get scanned as a regular person off the street, what would I need to do?”

“Well, first, you’d make an appointment online. True Match is live now, and by the time this video posts, our scheduling system will be available for you. We’re not sure yet how popular this will be, but, at least for now, we can’t take walk-ins. If this opening is anything like our others, there will be a line if we don’t try to keep order.”

“Appointment only, got it.”

“Right. You fill out all your information online including name, email, phone number, address. Basically, we need to be able to reach you. If your match waits three years to get scanned, we need to be able to find you in three years, so make sure your contact information is good. Once you have all that filled out and you pick a time, you’re done. Just come in on your scheduled day and check in at the front desk. We do require a one-time fee for our services, but it really is one-time. There’s no hidden fees or monthly subscriptions, or anything. One payment, one scan, one match. When we’re ready, we’ll call you back. You get scanned. And then you go home and wait for us to contact you. It’s really that easy.”

“Nice. Do we need to wear anything special? Is there something we can’t wear, like jewelry or something?”

“Nope. Come as you are. Come on your lunch break. The scan is very quick, it’s noninvasive, and not radioactive.”

“Any side effects?”

“There’s some discomfort during the scanning process, but it’s over quickly and there’s no lingering effects. You’ll walk out of here feeling as good as when you came in.”

“Great! So, let’s get on over to the scanning room and check it out.”

“Let’s,” Jeanie said, gesturing for her to go.

Sophie led the way off camera, turning when Jeanie followed her. “Perfect. You didn’t trip even once.”

“I think I’m going to puke,” she moaned, putting a hand to her belly.

Sophie laughed. “You’re doing fine. So, I’m going to take the camera, and I’m going to record walking down there. And then we’ll do a second interview in the scan room. And then I’ll get scanned.”

“You really have this down to a science, huh?” Jeanie chuckled, looking back at her. “I guess that media communications degree really came in handy.”

“Not as handy as yours, clearly,” Sophie snickered, picking up her camera and tripod. “You’re out there, living the sweet life in space with a sexy alien hottie.”

“Hey, you never know, you might get an alien hottie too.” Jeanie smiled.

“Okay, you joke, but I would love that. Can you imagine how my channel would take off if I got to do all this in space? I’d be the number one subscribed to influencer on everything.” Sophie couldn’t help but grin as she led the way down the hall, recording as she went. “And I’d get an alien hottie out of it. Win-win.”

“Hey, so, hypothetically, if that happened, would you be willing to do some ad stuff for us? Like, with him? We’d love to have an interspecies match as one of our brand couples, and we don’t have one yet. We’d pay you, of course.”

“Uh, shut up! Hell yes!” Sophie laughed, turning into the scanning room. “I’d die for that! You so have a deal, Jeanie.”

“Well, I mean, he’d have to agree too.”

“If he’s my soulmate, he’d understand and do it with me. Although, now that I’m thinking about it,” she lowered the camera, pausing the recording, “I wonder what my soulmate would be like. I always imagined if I dated someone, he’d end up as my camera man. That’s pretty much what happens to every influencer couple. The star and the camera man. It’s as classic as beauty and the beast. Or the hero and the princess. Some things just go together.”

“You never know,” Jeanie shrugged. “I wouldn’t have chosen the stuffy scientist as my mate, yet that’s who I ended up with.”

“True. Well, whatever. It will probably be years until I have to worry about it anyway. Is it okay to set up my camera here?”

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