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Bella is allowing a book to be written about her. She's given plenty of interviews for shorter articles, but at this time she thinks she (and Slipstick thinks she) has the measure of this particular author well enough to expect even a book-length piece to be neither a hatchet job nor an inconvenient exposé. They are having regular meetings, in the journalist's home, talking about what Bella's willing to reveal about magic, the death date prior to which she won't resurrect anyone 'just yet', and the ground rules of Saturn.
Bella's personal life is, for the time being at least, personal. The author asks, but stays shut down when Bella shuts her down.
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bellfounding
bellfounding
"I don't know." Bella slumps into a chair. "How did it happen? If you wanted to, it would've taken ten seconds to warn me."
tearingup
"I was just going to talk to him," he says, "the thought of fucking him didn't cross my mind until much later in the evening - I told him I should tell my girlfriend first, he said I'd never done before so why should I start now, I told him his logic was terrible, and he... did something distracting." Ripper sighs.
bellfounding
"And you didn't tell me simultaneously with telling him you ought, or simultaneously with critiquing his logic, because -?"
bellfounding
"...The fact that he got you drunk first is lending support to the 'he should not be allowed on Saturn' hypothesis."
bellfounding
"Were you drunk enough that I shouldn't be holding you responsible for the event at all?"
tearingup
He sighs.
"I don't know. I could have just not gotten drunk with him in the first place and saved all this trouble."
"I don't know. I could have just not gotten drunk with him in the first place and saved all this trouble."
bellfounding
"Yes. I don't really know what being drunk is like, I don't partake - please help me figure out how to factor that in."
tearingup
"It... makes it easier to do things I'm going to regret without realizing how much I'm going to regret them," he says. "Then again, so does Rayne."
bellfounding
"I clearly don't understand the effect this person has on you, and that's clearly key to understanding what happened well enough that I can process it."
tearingup
"I don't think I understand the effect he has on me," Ripper admits. "We were friends for... a long time. He never got me into any trouble he couldn't get me out of, but he did get me into plenty of trouble. We've had our fights before, but he always came back and I always let him. This time... I don't think I want to let him." He sighs. "He obviously has a different plan."
bellfounding
"What does he want with you? Why would he even object to you notifying your girlfriend?"
tearingup
"I have no idea why he objected to me notifying my girlfriend. With Rayne, it could be anything from 'part of some elaborate plan' to 'didn't want to wait five more seconds'."
bellfounding
"How worried should I be about the elaborate plan possibility?"
tearingup
He opens his mouth.
He closes his mouth.
He says, slowly, "I don't think he knew I was seeing somebody before I mentioned it..."
He closes his mouth.
He says, slowly, "I don't think he knew I was seeing somebody before I mentioned it..."
tearingup
"Yeah," he says, "and I'm pretty sure the only reason he didn't want me telling you was because he knew you'd want to know. Ugh, I am such an idiot."
He flops into his comfy chair.
He flops into his comfy chair.
bellfounding
Bella sighs again. It appears that this is a sigh-inducing topic.
bellfounding
"I'm still not clear on whether or not you were sufficiently impaired that I should maybe be considering this an instance of rape instead of an instance of voluntary cheating."