in which we coerce a bell into learning mind control
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"Do you mind if I sing?" Beka says, when she and Edie have reached their room.

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"Why would I mind?"

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"...well, if I knew a reason you'd mind I wouldn't ask." She kisses her baby's head and starts swaying and singing.

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Awwww. 

Edie sits down, watching the baby and lightly monitoring her roommate's thoughts for mind-affecting attributes to the song. 

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This one is not magic but she is considering switching to a sleep song if the baby has a hard time falling asleep on her own. She usually doesn't.

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That's valid of her. 

Edie turns to peruse the bookshelves. There are books there already; nothing she couldn't theoretically obtain from her homeworld, but she's been hard-pressed to prioritize books, these past years. She traces her fingers along the spines, tears coming to her eyes when she finds her father's thesis. 

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What's a thesis?

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"It's, um...it's something he wrote, to prove that he was really really good at his field. Genetics." She picks it up and hugs it.

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What's genetics?

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"It's...hereditary information."

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I think maybe that isn't how it works where I'm from.

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"I could check!"

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How would you check?

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"The hereditary information is coded in a chemical called DNA, which exists inside your body in itty bitty bundles, so if I got, like, a swab off your cheek, I could check your cells for the chemical."

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I mean, my parents were Elves and I'm not, is why I think it doesn't work like that.

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"Well, a lot of genes are expressed differently under different circumstances, plus of course there's magic to consider."

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It's not really important.

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"Fair enough." That really is an adorable baby. Edie wonders if Beka is likely to be interested in child-care products from other universes like extra-snuggly baby onesies. 

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Sure! I don't know how you get them here though.

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"Probably you can buy them in some of the neighborhoods."

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I don't have any money.

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"We can probably fix that! Busking if nothing else."

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Oh what a cool idea! It could be practice too.

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"Yeah! Do you know if your magic songs work for people who aren't from your world?"

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I guess I haven't tried it but it would be weird if they didn't! She decides to go ahead on the sleep song.

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