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It's three in the morning in the Swan household, and someone is crying quietly in the living room.
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incanted
It's still about three in the morning.
Bella's just gonna -
+Is there blood in the carpet?+ she asks, opening her eyes.
Bella's just gonna -
+Is there blood in the carpet?+ she asks, opening her eyes.
incanted
+Don't be sorry. You don't have to be sorry. Can we fix it, though, this'd be kind of a mess to explain to Charlie?+
cardistry
+Fuck, I don't know,+ he says. +You've been getting pretty good at matter manipulation - I bet you could do it with a long-form incantation.+
incanted
Bella pets his hair and tries to think of something.
Finally she says, "Banish yourself, blood, disappear from the fibers of the carpet."
Finally she says, "Banish yourself, blood, disappear from the fibers of the carpet."
cardistry
The spell gives her feedback about all the vanishing blood.
There's a fair amount of it, but when it's gone, it's gone.
Brilliance hugs her.
There's a fair amount of it, but when it's gone, it's gone.
Brilliance hugs her.
incanted
Bella leans her head back on the sofa again. And closes her eyes again. +I'll wake Lexi if I go back up. I'm gonna sleep here. Can you - wake me up at six? In three hours? Please?+
incanted
+Thanks,+ slurs Bella, and she nestles her head into a sofa cushion and sighs and sleeps.
cardistry
Brilliance leans on her comfortably for three hours.
Then he says, +Hey, wake up.+
Then he says, +Hey, wake up.+
incanted
Bella shifts and yawns awake. +Morning, Brilliance.+ She lifts her head and winces and rubs the back of her neck.
incanted
One-armed hug because she has an awful crick in her neck. +Hope I didn't pester you talking in my sleep.+
incanted
+Okay. How're you doing? Do you need anything? I don't know what to do for you.+
cardistry
+I think... I don't wanna be cards again for a while,+ he says. +I'll go wander around your planet while you're in school.+
incanted
+Okay. Be careful? Please? I don't want anything else bad to happen to you.+
incanted
+Thanks.+
Bella slips out of his arms and upstairs. A few minutes later she's down again, sighs at the clock, and starts fixing pancakes because she has time and might as well.
Bella slips out of his arms and upstairs. A few minutes later she's down again, sighs at the clock, and starts fixing pancakes because she has time and might as well.
incanted
+Yeah. You want chocolate chips or apple or banana slices on yours?+