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"So did you?" Lexi of course asks again as soon as they are in their room alone.
"One time, okay, it was just - I wasn't planning on two of my alts having married two of his and four more dating them, okay?"
"You didn't tell me!"
"No, I didn't, it was just going to be a one-off, and for the love of sunshine and rainbows don't spread it around any farther, okay?"
"I won't, but the Joker totally knows."
"Ugh."
"Well, not for sure, but he suspects, and not just because most of you are doing most of him."
"I think your grammar implies a little too much."
"Whatever, you know what I mean," laughs Lexi. "So what're you going to do?"
"I," says Bella with dignity, "am going to think."
And she teleports to a spot in midair, high up to the point of being a speck in the sky above Forks to any grounded observers, and she murmurs "flight" as she begins to fall, and she stands in place in the air.
And she thinks.
+Brilliance?+ she asks after about half an hour.
incanted
cardistry
+They're kind of related, I guess. Some of the feelings are no because I'm still a little scared of you, but I don't think they'll be no forever because I don't want to be scared of you and I don't think I have good reasons to be scared of you - I mean, I have really good reasons to be scared of people in general, but you're not people in general and I don't think you'd ever hurt me when I was asking you not to.+
cardistry
"...Some... kind of fruit?" says Brilliance, hugging back. "I might have lost track a little."
There is a stack of empty pie plates next to the one he is partway through consuming.
There is a stack of empty pie plates next to the one he is partway through consuming.
cardistry
"It goes in my tummy and turns into mana!" says Brilliance. "I'm not biological, remember?"
incanted
"You can turn infinite amounts of pie into mana. Wow. Okay," snickers Bella. "Can I have a slice?"
cardistry
"Sure!"
Although he has been eating straight out of the dish, so serving herself one might be a bit of a challenge.
Although he has been eating straight out of the dish, so serving herself one might be a bit of a challenge.
incanted
She manages to take one out of the middle of the remaining pie, and takes a bite. "Peach," she identifies, "and jesus fuck this is good pie."
incanted
Bella can only hug back with one arm. The other is busy conveying forksful of pie to her mouth.
cardistry
"I conjured it, I didn't cook it. Jokers cooking is a thing, apparently. And I can see why, because food is awesome."
incanted
"Huh. I can cook, but if conjuring gets results this good I don't see myself bothering very often."
cardistry
"The Joker says it's fun!" says Brilliance. "I bet he's right. Maybe I can get him to teach me sometime."