"So, I have sugar, and butter," says Bella, letting Solvei into the house. "And vanilla and chocolate and peanut butter, we can make a few kinds?"

"Sounds perfect!" says Solvei. "And I liked the book all right."

"Cool. I'll put on the best one first so if we get sick of 'em you'll have seen that." She selects a Pride and Prejudice and puts it on. The first of assorted Misters Darcy begins doing things ardently. Fudge is made.

Yes he will, once he comes home. He takes some of the peanut butter and pats Bella on the shoulder appreciatively.

Solvei beams. "You're a pretty great student," she says to Bella. "I will teach you all of my culinary secrets. You can put 'apprentice confectioner' on your resume."

"I'm sure medical schools nationwide will be very impressed."

"It's good to have a diverse skillset."

"I can make poorly thought out gifts of little candy anatomical structures to my fellow students. Here, have an aorta, that sort of thing."

Snicker. "How charming. They'll love you."

"No, for love I have to give them an actual heart, an aorta won't cut it."

"Does this mean I need to teach you how to make candy hearts?"

"Yes. Gotta be ready."

"That can be the next step in your apprenticeship, then."

"Sure. What kind of candy do candy hearts get made of?"

"I'm thinking of maybe lollipops. The hard part will be finding a mold, but there's molds for nearly anything."

"You can't just make them out of tinfoil?"

"If you want to try sculpting an anatomically correct heart mold out of tinfoil, feel free. But it might not hold its shape too well, and your heart would be all crinkly."

"Heh. On second thought I'll pass on the art project."

"I will find you heart-shaped candy molds," Solvei promises.

"We can make both regular lollipops and the chocolate kind."

"Fun!"

"And cake pops are a thing, right? Red velvet cake pops."

"Cake pops are a thing. We can make cake pops."