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It is after the very first Bellparty.
"Dad never comes to these," Elspeth tells her grandma. "Too many strange Bells. If there were strange Edwards, Mama might have trouble with them too, but there aren't so far. But I can reintroduce you now, if you'd like."
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her_imperial_radiance
luminous_regnant
"I feel like I should clarify that at the time he married me I was only an immortal vampire, and it was his doing that I was even that."
queensidecastle
"And at what point did one of you get the power to raise the dead?"
luminous_regnant
"I am a vampire. I do not eat cookies," says Bella patiently.
Edward laughs and kisses her forehead.
Edward laughs and kisses her forehead.
luminous_regnant
Obediently, Bella conjures up a large, soft chocolate chip cookie and offers it to Chris.
luminous_regnant
Bella's pretty amused too. Edward is cracking a smile.
"I have very wispy memories even of you, Mother," he says. "How old was I when Chris died?"
"I have very wispy memories even of you, Mother," he says. "How old was I when Chris died?"
prima-sequentem
"Twelve. Train derailment," says Mother.
She assumes that he already knows the wispiness of those memories could be alleviated, and can decide what he wants to do about that in his own time.
She assumes that he already knows the wispiness of those memories could be alleviated, and can decide what he wants to do about that in his own time.
luminous_regnant
He nods very slightly in response to this thought.
"Are you a witch - do you have a magical power?" Bella inquires of Chris. "The Eos one has; I'm not sure how closely to expect templates other than my own to match."
"Are you a witch - do you have a magical power?" Bella inquires of Chris. "The Eos one has; I'm not sure how closely to expect templates other than my own to match."
queensidecastle
"Up until I was just resurrected, I did not know that magical powers were a thing," says Chris.
luminous_regnant
"That doesn't rule it out, but it does make it less likely," muses Bella. "I didn't know I had mine until I met Edward." Pause. "He reads minds, by the way."
luminous_regnant
"I didn't while I was a human," Edward puts in.
"Some people's powers appear from scratch on turning, some get stronger," Bella raises her hand, "some are basically unchanged but can be used more effectively by a vampire than they could by a human."
"Some people's powers appear from scratch on turning, some get stronger," Bella raises her hand, "some are basically unchanged but can be used more effectively by a vampire than they could by a human."
queensidecastle
"It does not surprise me even a little tiny bit that Lizzie's kid turned out to be a mind-reader."
luminous_regnant
Edward laughs.
Bella smiles. And says, "And we have a daughter. Would you like to meet her?"
Bella smiles. And says, "And we have a daughter. Would you like to meet her?"
her_imperial_radiance
Presently Elspeth appears in response to brainphoned summons; Jacob is trailing her, as unobtrusive as he can be at his height. "Hi, Chris, welcome to one of many lands of the living. I'm Elspeth."
her_imperial_radiance
"This is Jacob. He's my wolf. Barnacling is a thing wolves do sometimes," says Elspeth.
"Humph," says Jacob without heat.
"Humph," says Jacob without heat.
queensidecastle
"I can see I've got a lot to catch up on," says Chris. "But first things first: how do I make cookies appear out of thin air? Because that is a kind of magic I want."