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Bella stays with Brilliance as long as he needs. She has one or two conversations with politicians by brainphone at the same time, but she doesn't leave till he tells her he'd like to be alone, and then she goes. (She tells Lexi that she may have sourced her a Device.)

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A few hours later, Brilliance says by magephone, +I fixed it! No more access codes. My functions are all mine.+

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+Love you,+ he adds.

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+I love you too.+

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+You can come snuggle me now if you want.+

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She does want. Pop! Snuggle.

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Snuggle!

"And when I say my functions are mine," he murmurs, "I mean I decide who gets to use 'em."
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"Meaning I haven't locked you out," he says, and kisses her.

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Kisses.

+Pants is still just us, right?+
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He giggles into kisses.

+Yeah.+
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Hugs and kisses!

+Do you wanna do some now?+
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Nibble. +Sure - you're sure you're okay, after...?+

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+I'm okay. Well - I'm not, like, okay, I'm still kind of fucked up over the whole thing, but I love you and I wanna do nice things with you. I'm okay about you.+

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Nibble nibble. +Okay.+

She whispers "devotion" against his neck and begins fingerpainting. Ever-so-gentle. Little touched-a-barbed-cactus prickles following her hands.
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"I love you," he sighs.

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"I love you too."

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"Mmmmm."

Snuggles and love. Love and snuggles. Love and snuggles and Bella's lovely fingerpainting.
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Gentle lazy fingerpainting, thin prickling lines crisscrossed where she draws, little kisses of fire where she presses her lips to his face and throat.

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It's perfect. He loves her so much. She should know how much! So he shows her.

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Bella soaks it up.

This could go on for a while.

It does not go on forever; the next day finds Bella hanging out in the living room with Lexi, Lexi doing homework, Bella reading articles about political unrest in Eastern Europe so she'll have this information when she starts tackling things more complicated than dengue fever. (Oh, she didn't get dengue yet. Star. Bye, dengue.)
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And:

[Hi!] says Agent Honey.
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[One of the devices we recovered from the Flame said she'd like to meet your sister.]

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