"...The flowers match your dress," he observes. "The flowers match your dress."

"Queenie made the dress, so there was a chance to set that up, although it could also be the same kind of enchantment on my crown," giggles Bella. She picks a flower and tucks it into her hair.

"So yeah, this is the kind of thing that amuses Jokers when they aren't busy antagonizing bat ladies."

"Wow. Yeah, Queenie was a lot - I don't know, cuter? Than I expected, but this is something else."

Om nom nom designer organisms. "So the anthem's been well-received, I don't know if you've seen the buzz or been getting heaps of fanmail about it or what."

"Nah, haven't been paying attention. There was buzz?"

"Some. I don't have comments sections on my own websites, but there are unofficial fora, and J pokes around for interesting articles of relevance, and there've been a lot of hits to the page. People like it. And the orchestration's in progress."

"Well, that's nice."

"I think so. With any luck one of Saturn's entrants will win an event and it will get public airtime. What have you been doing besides songwriting since you moved?"

"Things," he says vaguely. "It's been mostly songwriting, honestly; I've barely even gotten out to see the rest of the bubble."

"Oh, that's a pity, you know if you never leave the house you don't get to see what bubbles have come to visit yours."

"We did get an ice skating rink a while back. That was interesting."

"And did you skate?"

"Not very well."

Bella laughs. "Well, perhaps it will drop by again and you can have another try."

"And fall on my face some more!" he says brightly.

"I didn't dare skate when I was a kid, I'd have gotten myself killed earlier than I actually did. I was the clumsiest little girl - Bells all are, without magic or in one case assistive tech. I've only tried it once since, but it was fun."

"Maybe we should go ice skating sometime," he laughs. "You can watch me fall on my face."

"I could hold your hand and you could not fall on your face," she says, blushing.

"Even better," he says, admiring her blush.

Bella completes her first course and sets down her fork.

"It was probably the most fun they've had all week, barring things I am disinclined to speculate on." She plucks a black flower and tucks it behind his ear for him.