What??

Does that mean she won't give you the wish?

I didn't even sing at her!

I don't know yet it might still work I'm not sure -

I can't sleep with her so I don't die at the end of the time loop it's wrong and I don't even know how!

She wouldn't be expecting fantastic expertise but if you don't want to we will figure something else out, okay - ha ha magical girl shop talk she has not noticed at all how Raine keeps eyeing Lúthien.

Okay I can try giving her the whole 'you're from another world' infodump and hope she likes you enough to save your life even without getting laid but I can't be positive she won't tell the fluffs about it or I can, like, recommend she go to school and meet her tomorrow after having a day to think, I think I'm going with the second option -

I trust you.

So Bella and Raine speak more English and Bella shows her the mark on her fingernail and demonstrates ringing the bauble and baubling the ring and back and then convinces Raine to go to class and be really really careful about her wish okay Bella can maybe see her after school tomorrow if she wants to talk wish efficiency? and Raine gets out of the car and Bella slumps in the driver's seat as soon as she's around the corner.

I'm really sorry.

It's not your fault, I wasn't thinking, of course she'd fixate on you, she's not after me for my winning personality in the loops where she's after me - Bella turns the car on. I should've thought, I'm sorry.

You at least speak her language!! And have powers she admires, and are nice to her...

Sure, but she's sixteen and can't even think about long-term compatibility because she belongs to that religion whose service we attended last night and her family will never tolerate it, so she's thinking very short-term and short-term you're an exotic mystery and only just barely not literally too pretty to pass for human.

You don't suppose she'll wish for me to like her?

Don't think so. She's never done it to me, she takes a bit to get up the courage to even hit on me outright, language barrier will probably slow her down on even that...

But you don't think telling her I might die would be enough.

It might! But I've never told Raine about the time loop thing before and that might freak her out, she might just wish herself in or something -

It's not like I was smarter when I was sixteen.

I should've thought I should've left you in the hotel room I'm sorry, Bella sighs.

You asked me what to do and I said I'd come along I didn't think anyone'd fall in love with me if I didn't even sing...

I'm not sure I'd say she's in love with you, just that she has a crush - is this a feature you singing has?

No!! But Elves care a lot about singing and I'm really good at it so lots of people fall in love with me but not usually just by looking, and at least singing is something I work hard at...

Okay good because that would have been something I'd have wanted mentioned before you sang at me - anyway I am pretty sure she's not in love with you she's just a frustrated teenager and I might be able to redirect her, I'll just, I'll go back and be all 'yeah all the hot ones are straight' or something, it's probably salvageable -

I have just been trusting you about how to handle all this but should I be doing something other than that?

I don't see how you'd have seen this coming, but if you've got an idea I'm all ears.

If it doesn't work what's the backup plan?