pandion
"There's enough for you to have seconds, Ethan," snorts Andi, eating subduedly but efficiently.
Dinner is eaten. Bella slices the cake Trouble brought and distributes it.
"You want to crash tonight?" she asks him.
"You want to crash tonight?" she asks him.
Bella puts the sheets on the couch. She makes a gesture at her sister, who glances between Bella and Trouble, then scurries upstairs.
Bella sits.
"No eavesdropping ears," she murmurs to Trouble.
Bella sits.
"No eavesdropping ears," she murmurs to Trouble.
aeskhyne
"You wanna grill me about Reggie? Go ahead," he says. "He's basically a professional rich person."
aeskhyne
"Yeah. You know, if you start out with a big enough pile you can live pretty well just on what it sweats while it's sitting there."
"I know that. Just confirming that it was inherited and he wasn't, like, an early retiree from a startup or something."
aeskhyne
"Yeah, nope," says Trouble. "I mean, he does stuff. I don't really pay attention. But I wouldn't say he has a job."
"...That is a weird change for a pod person to make. Can you be - er, as much more specific as you think I mean when I say that?"