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Isabella has read the guestbook. Stella began her work slowly because others in her world had magic and could have used it against her. Shell Bell began her work abruptly and openly because she had a government to depose.
The angel Isabella has neither problem. No one will oppose her. She herself does not oppose the Archangel Linus, who is doing a perfectly serviceable job. And anything she does will be taken as Jovah's own miracles until and unless she announces herself. She is willing that credit for her thought and design and for Micaiah's tithe in pain go to Jovah, who permits them to wield this power, who ought to be shown that she can control the magic, that she's not in it for glory.
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jovahs_heiress
"I met Micaiah's mother, when I went and got Nathaniel - and I knew he needed getting, though I haven't spoken to their father," says Angela. "Did he tell you about Nathaniel? Do you have one?"
manofmyword
"Sweetie here's the only one of us with a sibling," he says, kissing Micaiah's temple. "And he got out way early, compared to the rest of us. Me, I was with 'em till I was fifteen."
manofmyword
"Yeah," he says. "So. I burned the house down and ran for it, and spent a while on the streets, stealing and whoring and generally getting into trouble. Your Micaiah knows what that's like," he hugs him again, "but he had a much nicer time of it than I did."
jovahs_heiress
"Well - I knew about the stealing but - whoring? Literally? Micaiah?" Literal whoring's legal in Jordana but not in Bethel or Gaza, at the moment. It's not reputable in any province.
yovahs-kisses
"Oh, is that where it's legal?" he asks. "I dunno, does it matter?"
jovahs_heiress
"It's legal in Jordana and not in the other two provinces. It doesn't matter very much. Although - political reasons, always politics - if you ever want to take it up again can you ask me to fly you to Breven or wherever, first, so I'll know where you are and you won't be arrested? We're going to get married, we're going to have a baby, you reflect on me - I don't want to be confining but I will need to deal with a lot of people who care about a lot of things."
yovahs-kisses
"Yeah, that's fine," he says. "I probably won't, anyway, it wasn't that much fun."
jovahs_heiress
"Okay." She leans over to kiss his temple, then looks expectantly at the Joker again.
jovahs_heiress
"It's not okay that it happened, even if you're fine now," says Angela, crying softly.
jovahs_heiress
She hugs him back tight. "Did that ever happen to you?" she asks fiercely. "You're not so closely parallel - but -"
jovahs_heiress
Angela cradles Micaiah in her arms and lets tears fall into his hair.