Bella stays with Brilliance as long as he needs. She has one or two conversations with politicians by brainphone at the same time, but she doesn't leave till he tells her he'd like to be alone, and then she goes. (She tells Lexi that she may have sourced her a Device.)
cardistry
A few hours later, Brilliance says by magephone, +I fixed it! No more access codes. My functions are all mine.+
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Snuggle!
"And when I say my functions are mine," he murmurs, "I mean I decide who gets to use 'em."
"And when I say my functions are mine," he murmurs, "I mean I decide who gets to use 'em."
cardistry
+I'm okay. Well - I'm not, like, okay, I'm still kind of fucked up over the whole thing, but I love you and I wanna do nice things with you. I'm okay about you.+
incanted
Nibble nibble. +Okay.+
She whispers "devotion" against his neck and begins fingerpainting. Ever-so-gentle. Little touched-a-barbed-cactus prickles following her hands.
She whispers "devotion" against his neck and begins fingerpainting. Ever-so-gentle. Little touched-a-barbed-cactus prickles following her hands.
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"Mmmmm."
Snuggles and love. Love and snuggles. Love and snuggles and Bella's lovely fingerpainting.
Snuggles and love. Love and snuggles. Love and snuggles and Bella's lovely fingerpainting.
incanted
Gentle lazy fingerpainting, thin prickling lines crisscrossed where she draws, little kisses of fire where she presses her lips to his face and throat.
incanted
Bella soaks it up.
This could go on for a while.
It does not go on forever; the next day finds Bella hanging out in the living room with Lexi, Lexi doing homework, Bella reading articles about political unrest in Eastern Europe so she'll have this information when she starts tackling things more complicated than dengue fever. (Oh, she didn't get dengue yet. Star. Bye, dengue.)
This could go on for a while.
It does not go on forever; the next day finds Bella hanging out in the living room with Lexi, Lexi doing homework, Bella reading articles about political unrest in Eastern Europe so she'll have this information when she starts tackling things more complicated than dengue fever. (Oh, she didn't get dengue yet. Star. Bye, dengue.)
withmypowers
[One of the devices we recovered from the Flame said she'd like to meet your sister.]