Aurora's over here chatting with her sister!

Aurora stops in the middle of summarizing Glass's deviations from template to Lexi. "- and she's gay and - has two wives, hello, one of same."

"Hi, Sherlock," says Lexi, who only uses the nicknames when there is more than one of somebody actually around.

"Hello, Aurora and Lexi."

"What's up?"

"Also, my threat sensor thinks you could make my life really unpleasant if you wanted to, which you don't, why does it think that?"

"Because I am me, and we are here, and I probably could if for some reason I needed to."

"Well, you don't, Bells are friendly sorts."

"So I've heard. I am married to one," Steel reminds her dryly.

"So's Edward, he doesn't want to be anywhere near most of us," snorts Aurora. "How'd you meet your Bell, anyway?"

"Tony and I were sent out questing for a husband. We found her instead."

Aurora giggles. "You quest for husbands around here?"

"Did you have to rescue her from a giant or anything, that sounds like the kind of thing that would happen on a quest for somebody to marry," giggles Lexi.

"I did rescue her from a river snake," she recalls. "But that was mainly incidental."

Lexi laughs. "Practically everybody Bells wind up dating is bisexual," she observes. "I wonder why."

"I could not begin to tell you."

"Maybe Glass can," laughs Aurora. "But it's probably just baked into the most common templates we date, not us. Edward isn't bisexual."

"By all means, ask my wife."

[Hey Glass, over here!]

Glass teleports over. She likes being able to do that. "What?"

"We obviously vary in sexuality, some," says Aurora, "but we keep dating consistently bisexual templates, except Edward, what's up with that?"

"I'd have to look at Edward to tell you why he's not. The other popular templates just don't vary that way like we can," shrugs Glass. "That's not a thing about us - no attractor in Bells means we can't date people who are only attracted to whatever gender we are in the relevant instance."

"We are enlightened," says Steel, kissing Glass.

Kisses! "My new party trick is so popular," she remarks.

"Of course it is." Kiss kiss snuggle. "I love you."

"I love you."

"Married Bells," snorts Aurora, "too cute."

"I object. She is precisely cute enough."

Aurora giggles. "Aww."

"I think I heard that Shell Bell and Pearl were reputed to be intensely cute and they aren't married," points out Glass.

"They're an exception. I think it has to do with the time Shell Bell spent Downside before we fixed it."

"An exception to the rule that only married Bells are adorable? Which Bells are married?"

"The rule that married Bells are the cutest. Other ones can be cute too," says Aurora. "Besides you, there's Golden - who is kind of left out of this rule because we barely get to see Edward; Stella and Cam have seen him but haven't weighed in on the cuteness comparison - and there's Rose and Angela."

"I see."

"When I was reading metacausality for the Jokers, Aegis appeared in midair and sat on Sue's shoulders," says Glass. "I'm not sure it's as obviously tiered as you're suggesting."

"It's more of an in-joke than a rule," shrugs Aurora.

Steel laughs.

"I feel like past-watching your wedding," announces Aurora.

"Go for it," laughs Glass.

"Certainly."

Steel hugs her wife.

Steel's wife hugs her back. "I still have that dress," she muses.

"Yes."

"It's really nice, the way it twinkles," agrees Aurora.