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"Sure thing," says Alice. "I bet there'll be a bidding war, though. Mes will be particularly swayed by the opportunity to plan parties," she adds. "Like, if Stella were trying to hire me, she'd have been well served to let me help her with this shindig. If Golden ever hosts one it'll be mostly my handiwork."

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"Mes will be particularly swayed by job offers that don't directly involve fortune telling," says Mary, "although as you can see we're okay with doing a little on the side."

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"You don't fortune-tell for Stella? What do you do?"

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"I run her bank."

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"That's cute," laughs Pattern. "I'm reasonably likely to copy her empressing pattern wholesale insofar as I can. I might start with not-Mars, though, just to not be completely derivative."

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"Mars is the most straightforwardly habitable option," says Mary, "but you could set up something interesting in the gas giants or the asteroid belt if you put your mind to it."

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"Or maybe I'll just jazz up my Mars. It could use a set of rings and not-exactly-this-sea-level and a different color sky."

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"I'd sure have fun living on a floating terraformed island on Saturn and swimming around in the gas. You might have to rig up scuba gear for human citizens."

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"If you do the gas giants right, people are going to be very appreciative of the aesthetic," says Mary. "I'm not sure of the details. A lot of it seems to depend on finding the right... is 'architect' even the word?"

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"Designer," suggests Pattern. "Maybe I'll ask Slipstick to find me one."

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"Good odds there," says Mary.

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Pattern smiles. And she bids them goodbye and goes to find Slipstick again and ask about designers for Saturn islands.

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Slipstick is snacking!

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"I'm probably going to be able to snag Queenie," reports Pattern. "And in order to not be too derivative of Stella I'm considering starting my space empire on Saturn, but may want design help."

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"Interesting," says Slipstick. "I'll look into it."

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