"Do you feel sad about that?"

"It's frustrating but it doesn't bother me in quite the way your not noticing it seems to bother you."

"I only count if I'm the smartest and most inventive person ever. Otherwise I just shouldn't exist."

"That's never really made any sense to me."

"It doesn't make any sense."

"But it's still there anyway making you feel bad?"

"Yeah."

Squeeze. "If you were a Bell you could just get rid of it. I don't know if you can since you're not."

"Me neither."

"But it is very nonsensical and I wish it would leave you alone."

Squeeze. "I kind of want demon wings so I can fly without mana."

"Wouldn't ones that would still work when you're grown up be really awkward on you now? Is there a way to make them grow with the rest of you?"

"No. You could have an angel fix them or you could cut them off and get new ones but Cam thought it'd be unpleasant."

"That does sound pretty unpleasant."

"And it's not really the wings, I want to be a demon."

"I know you do." Squish. "But you probably don't want to be a failed experiment who does not in fact get to be a demon because something went wrong, so till we figure it out..."

"Thought about wishing for it, couldn't think of a backup wish."

"Well, because Gem's being careful the wish granter will still be there when you think of one."

"Yeah.

Thank you for not dragging me home or getting mad. I should've told you where I was going."

"You did tell me where you were going, you just didn't tell me when you changed plans before you got there." Squish. "I appreciate the first part and I bet next time you will let me know if the second thing happens."

"Hell's really weird and nice."

"Oh? Practically all I've heard is that it's tacky."

"All cities that aren't made by Elves are not pretty enough. It does look kind of ridiculous. But it's full of demons and they're all safe and don't have to be scared and there's nothing keeping them small - there's a demon lady who wants a child, I want to find a way to get her one..."

"Aw - that would be nice, if there were a good way to let daeva who wanted kids have them without screwing up the infosec or anything -"

"Maybe we could bring a Stork baby to Space Arda and then she could just come there on a long-term summons and make ships and terraform planets for them - Space Arda's not a secret -"