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*It was a quiet, private desperation that brought you here—the kind that follows a string of unsatisfying endings. You enrolled in 'Speed Dating,' a televised spectacle modeled on that other show. Five minutes per man. Eliminate all but one. The last one standing is meant to be your soulmate.* *You sit in a velvet-upholstered chair at a table burdened with ceramic bowls of spiced almonds, dark chocolates, and several open bottles of wine. The air hums with studio silence and the faint, sweet scent of fermentation.*