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"And hey," says Trouble, "whatever else is going on, I still have arbitrary magic."

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"Whoa. I've never gotten to watch that happen in real time before," Glass says, blinking at Trouble.

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"Watch what?"

The transition is nearly done; he has skipped straight past the wandering phase and gone into - something else, something that comes between 'wandering' and 'retiree'.
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"You just changed phases. Sublimated them, practically, you skipped one."

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"Oh, is that what that was. Huh."

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"Yep. What's it like on the inside?"

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"Like... mm," he says, considering. "Deciding that if Bella's too freaked out to save the world, I'll do it."

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"Huh."

Glass doesn't comment on whether that seems likely to her.
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"Assuming I'm not being had," says Butterfly, "I think I'll be okay to do it after a few days, tops, to decompress." Wryly, "It's sort of my specialty."

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Trouble shrugs.

"I'm pretty sure we're not being had."
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"That would sure be nice."

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"Yep."

Trouble hugs his lapful of Harley.
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"A few days to decompress is easy," Glass says. "I wonder who else you have besides a Joker. I can run a sweep and see."

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"I'd - rather find that out myself and do it myself, I think."

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Trouble is pretty sure Zeus was one of Rhea, but he doesn't see any point in bringing that up right now.

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The five minute mark passes.

Glass whisks Butterfly away.
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Trouble thinks for a few minutes, snuggling Harley, and then he checks that Robin isn't in the middle of anything public and includes her in the time-bubble. Explanations ensue.

It takes Trouble freecasting back to Milliways to reopen his door, plus a little more teleportation and time dilation, but he gets Robin into the bar and goes back to the asteroid to snuggle Harley some more.
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Robin finds the Belltower. She peers at it.

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"Hello," says a woman's voice from one of the external speakers.

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"Hi," says Robin. "Is my friend Bella - Butterfly - in there?"

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"Yes, she is. You're whitelisted to visit her if you like."

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"Yeah, thanks."

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The door opens. Butterfly is not on the first floor. "Stairs are to your left," says Jane.

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