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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Prolonged snuggle. And brainphone multitasking, but not of the sort that interferes with snuggle.
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Eventually, he spends a square to make the tiny violin shut up and land on a table.
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