"Nice," she says. "I'll go dump my things, and then how do you feel about cake?"
"I feel so positively about cake," Bella says, limping to one of the kitchen chairs. "I can even stir stuff for you if you plunk it down in front of me - we don't have an electric mixer."
Where the duration of a flash seems to be about two minutes. Also, she brings an electric mixer.
Bella laughs when she sees the mixer. "You can't live without that for more than an hour, or you expect to be here for a while?"
[We're making cake,] Bella alerts Alice. "What kinda cake?" she inquires.
[Ooh, cake! Want me to coincidentally show up?]
"We've got... some things," Bella says. "Anything that comes in a can we are reasonably likely to have around, which includes beans and tuna but also sweetened condensed milk and peaches. And there's other stuff in the cupboards and the fridge. Freezer's mostly full of fish."
[Cool, see you in a bit!]
"Seems to involve a lot of setup and then a lot of sitting and getting bit by mosquitoes," Bella says. "Sure, sometimes you get fish out of it, but you can also buy fish, with more variety and in forms you don't have to chop the heads off of, and save six hours you could spend doing anything."
"On the other hand," says Hilary, "the fish feel more yours when you spend six hours donating blood to the little buggy hospitals for them."
"I think I'm content with the amount of mine-ness I can get by exchanging money for goods at retail establishments," Bella says.
"Come in!" Bella calls, after a wry - acted - look at the conjured crutches.
"Hey, Bella," he says. "Hey, Hilary. Saw your car outside. Ooh, are you making cake?"
"Good guess," says Hilary, rolling her eyes fondly.
"Hi, how are you doing?" Bella asks. Appearances, appearances.
"Yeah, I'll bet," says Hilary, handing him the mixer. "You hang onto that while I go on a scouting mission."
"Well, in that case, I can only recommend that you look everywhere," Bella remarks.
When she's done, she dusts off her hands and announces, "Peach-orange upside-down cake!"
"Whee!" says Alice.