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      "Readers set their own rates inside a published band, in US dollars: $0.50 to $5.00 per client message, and $0.50 to $10.00 per video minute. Paid text chat is billed per client message and live video per minute, with any minimum displayed in the flow. Within the band a reader's own rate is what a client pays, from the first paid message onward.",
      "Each reader sets how many of a client's chat messages are free with them — 3 by default, and some readers set none and charge from the first message. The allowance belongs to one client-and-reader pair and never resets, and it is bounded across readers by a platform-wide ceiling on free messages, so what remains is the count shown in the client's own chat with that reader rather than an allowance renewed by each new reader.",
      "Public reader profiles support comparison of reader-provided specialties, languages, formats, availability, and current rates.",
      "Some new accounts require an initial balance deposit before sending.",
      "The question and reader's answer remain free; any later paid messages use your balance.",
      "A trial is a discount with an end date and usually a stored payment method.",
      "This is a property of how billing works here, so there is no expiry, no stored card, and nothing that starts charging when you stop paying attention."
    ],
    "summary": "Check whether a free reading requires an initial deposit before you can use it. Some new FateArc accounts require a balance deposit before sending their first question. The first answer itself is free. In paid chat, charges apply to messages you send, not to the reader's replies. You decide afterwards whether to continue.",
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    },
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    "Will he come back after our breakup?",
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    "Why do I keep feeling stuck?"
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      "the request is for emergency help",
      "the request requires medical, mental-health, legal, financial, or other licensed professional advice",
      "the user requires a guaranteed prediction or outcome",
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