Solution

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The two projective lines in the th pair form the fibre of a morphism of the extended conic bundle from a line on a smooth cubic surface constructed above. Distinct points of the projective line have disjoint inverse images, so
The extension of across matters: arguing only that distinct planes through meet along would not by itself exclude intersections there. The formula excludes them as well. Lines within a single pair do intersect; the assertion concerns different pairs.

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