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Angela catches up on the guestbook. She wonders why they aren't just leaving packets of starter coins and the star secret around the Belltower, but she promptly comes to the same conclusion the other mint Bells did: this would be insecure. They are dealing with immense power, and any such packets could - perhaps not easily, if bedecked with magical protections, but potentially - could fall into the wrong hands.

(Angela makes up her mind to always have assorted coins on her person, and if possible Micaiah with her to be sung to, whenever she goes to Milliways.)
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Speaking of Micaiah!

He takes a while, but eventually shows up in the Belltower.

When he does, he's human-shaped again, and he looks like he's been crying.
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"Are you okay?" Angela exclaims. "What happened?"

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"I'm fine," he says, coming up to hug her. "It's so sad, though. All the awful things that happened in his life. But he's okay, so I'm okay too."

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Angela picks him up to more thoroughly snuggle him. "...Is this the one who Stella put on an asteroid?" she asks.

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He nods, cuddling up in her arms. "Yeah," he sighs. "And he's okay about that, too."

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"That's good then."

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"But I still cried," he says. "Because it was so sad."

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"What happened exactly? Do I want to know?"

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"Probably not," says Micaiah. "But if you want to ask anyway, you can."

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"I think I want to know what made you so sad," she murmurs.

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"...Do you want to ask him?" says Micaiah. "I don't think I can tell the whole story properly."

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"I - okay," says Angela. "Where is he?"

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"In his room. I could take you there, or bring him here," says Micaiah.

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"I'm not sure if the other Bells would want me to invite him into the Belltower," muses Angela. She stands up, and sets Micaiah down. "Where's his room?"

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"I'll show you," he says, hugging her.

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Angela follows him through the apartmenty section of Milliways.

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Micaiah knocks on the Joker's door.

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The Joker opens it. His makeup is gone, and he's wearing a cuddly bathrobe, white with a pattern of bright yellow ducks.

"Hi, hon. Back so soon? And you brought your sweetheart," he says with a smile for Angela.
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"He said you'd be a better source of - the story that made him cry," murmurs Angela.

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"Which one didn't," he sighs, reaching out to give Micaiah a hug. "Well, c'mon in, both of you."

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Angela steps inside and looks around.

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It's a terrible mess - clothes, knives, playing cards, and nowhere to sit. Micaiah conjures up an angel chair in an empty patch of floor, then shoves some blankets out of the way and perches on the edge of the Joker's bed.

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"Thanks," she says, pecking Micaiah on the forehead before she sits, a wing on either side of the cutaway back.

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The Joker sits down on the bed and gives Micaiah a friendly sideways hug.

"So. Things that made him cry, huh?" he says. "Well. You know what our parents were like, right?"
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