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   The envelope slowly unfolded, opening layer after layer into the soft, crimson petals of a giant rose.
   Tiana dropped it in surprise, and the petals scattered at her feet before bursting into luminous red puffs of smoke. They floated up into the air around her like butterflies, flapping ethereal wings as they twirled, around and around towards the ceiling until they disappeared into the cracked plaster overhead.