"We got out!!!" And she looks around - are they all accounted for - why are some other seniors who aren't Boston here -

"Also a really implausible thing happened!" says Bella. "I dunno if you wanna hear all about it right here and now!"

"It's a good implausible thing!"

"But not one you need to do anything about, if you want to go to sleep for a day or three and not care about anything until afterwards that's fine."

Everyone is here! Kevin is eating an overly ambitious burrito and letting Marcy take point on the weird shit.

Franklin is standing unobtrusively in a corner as usual, but with an expression of quiet satisfaction. He succeeded at the one thing he really had to succeed at, and now, whatever else happens, he was officially Good Enough.

"Okay. Okay. I should - I should call my parents -" Hugs all around?

As soon as the Boston sink is back up to its customary level they can get out of the Bostonians' hair. Bella has a spring in her step.

May fistbumps her.

"I think I really impressed them with our mana generation!"

"It's incredibly good compared to ours even at our fastest, and you were not doing anything painful or miserable in any way!"

“Mimis have some of the best mana generation in the world, it’s true.”

“And I’m really glad Annisa’s okay.”

“Also that, obviously.”

"I didn't know her that well but Marcy's great and I assume the only outside ally her squad brought in is also great."

"Is that all the immediate urgent stuff taken care of? Because I think one of my servant constructs is probably standing on the spot we left campus from holding all my clothes."

"Probably we should inform Caio that you exist."

"I hope I have not been oversold. Maybe I'm much more romantically appealing if I'm a white lesbian in a deathtrap."

Bella elbows her.

"Are we portaling to him, or...?"

"I've got a phone number. Let's get out of the Boston enclave so we can make phone calls. He might not pick up right off though, he's maybe still got a family reunion in progress."

"The mortality rate makes for some very emotionally charged reunions. Hence why my parents are along."

"It's quite an entourage."

Once out of the enclave, Bella calls Caio.

"Estou sim?"