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"You kidding? No," says Celo.

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"Well, let me know if you hear of one existing," she shrugs.

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"Sure," he snorts.

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Eventually souffle is had.

It's delicious, and she tells him so.
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"It is delicious," beams Celo. Mmm nom nom.

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Time passes. Bella continues to avoid a) elves b) Coach Sadist c) Embries d) swimming with mermaids.

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Three days later, Celo pokes his head out of the kitchen as she walks past.

"Hey, I talked to Callahan," he says.
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"Did anything come of it?"

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"Basically no. She was really cryptic and weird. But the way she talks about you - I'd almost say there's some kind of prophecy involved, the way she's so weirdly sure that you're about to do something really interesting."

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"Why would I do anything interesting?" Bella asks, throwing up her hands. "People who do anything interesting have appalling death rates. I'm going to finish school and join some mental healing practice in some city and make a lot of money and give large amounts to charity, that's not interesting."

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"Beats me," says Celo. "I told her you didn't seem like the type and she just giggled."

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"What about you, why did you come up in almost the same breath?"

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"She won't tell me," he says. "I could guess, but I bet you wouldn't like the guess."

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"What's your guess?"

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Celo hesitates.

Then he says, "Are you sure you want to know, even though I might be wrong, and whether or not I am you might be better off not thinking about it?"
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"I'm going to assume you're wrong, because this entire thing is bizarre and I don't think you have any plausible mechanism by which to be right; how would thinking about your guess harm me?"

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"Hubristic tendencies."

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"They're under control."

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He shrugs.

"Okay. I think she thinks we're going to kill a god."
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"Why do you think she thinks that?"

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"...Because I know her," he says, "and it's just the most obvious thing."

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"My hubristic tendencies," says Bella, "don't extend that far. I am a defensively oriented subtle artist, not any sort of adventurer."

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Celo shrugs. "So she's wrong. That does happen."

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"Is she going to take it out on me - or you, for that matter - when that occurs to her?"

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"Nah. Not her style."

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