familial | Glowfic Constellation

Charlie glances between his daughter and her boyfriend.

"Welp," he says, "this... is clearly gonna work, I think. Not necessarily the Mars thing. No comment on the Mars thing part."

"We'd be happy to have you," says Kesathi.

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Isabella giggles and hugs Adarin. "So they'd need water, and crops, and if we went with bubbles that could complicate waste disposal, maybe they'd need fancy reclamation..."

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Adarin hugs her back, snickering a little. "Thank you, sir."

Then, to plans for colonizing Mars. "Fancy reclamation seems like the best bet, especially when starting out and they don't have a lot of supplies to work with. They will probably also need a way to get the materials for making new bubbles on their own, in case something comes up and they need a place to make a type of medicine for an outbreak, or something."

Vern trills a little, happily. "Thank you."

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Ranata chooses this moment to come home.

She looks a lot like Isabella - and thanks to the miracles of witch agelessness, not much older - and fortunately enough she's wearing silks, tied in the same style Isabella uses.

"Isabella, hi! It's so good to see you! Is this your young man?"

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"This is Adarin. Charlie already approves and everything."

"Where's Castarilan?" asks Path.

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"Reading the bulletin board in the grocery store in case there's anything fun to do. He'll be along in a bit," says Ranata brightly, sidling carefully past the assembled daemons to put her purchase in the kitchen.

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"Hello," says Adarin to Ranata pleasantly, smiling. "Lovely to meet you."

Vern makes the mental note of possible parental small talk options with a hummingbird. She's getting the hang of this parallel social thing, just a bit.

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"Likewise! Ooh, an accent, where are you from?"

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"Guess," suggests Isabella.

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"Is this a trick question, is he really from Seattle and he's putting it on for fun?"

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"Is that your guess?"

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"Ha! Okay, let me have a while to mull it over and hear more samples. Tell me about yourself, Adarin."

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Adarin snickers. "I'm not from Seattle, is the first thing that comes to mind," he says, clearly amused. "But more seriously, I like learning things, then using those things to do useful things - oh, and I think magic is the best thing ever. Before Isabella and I started dating I got her to show me all of the various goddess' effects on a light spell, that was fun."

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"Oh, I can definitely see why she'd like you, she's got this - this vaguely nerdy focus on magic... sorry, Isabella..."

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"Nerdy hasn't been much of an insult for a while, Mom."

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"And I think a vaguely nerdy focus on magic is adorable," replies Adarin. "So it works out."

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Hug.

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"Well, this is completely adorable. I'll go fix the fish and rice."

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Hug! He looks so delighted whenever she hugs him.

"We try."

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"What's your full name?" Ranata inquires from the kitchen. Kesathi, with Path still sitting on her, gets up and meanders to the couch, with Charlie following her.

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"Adarin Evaniel Sorelas," he rattles off, easily. He realizes he could make up a last name that sounds less obviously foreign, but he continues to be uncomfortable with lying to his girlfriend's parents.

Vern decides that she will follow couch-ward, though she doesn't actually sit on it. She plops down beside it, looking content.

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"Well, I still can't place your accent and your name's no help either. It's pretty, though. I'll figure you out eventually."

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Kesathi looks between Vern and Adarin, then back. "...Are you...?"

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"Sure. I'll play fair, even; No faking an accent or something, and I'll tell you if you guess incorrectly, as well."

Vern blinks, then looks back to Adarin and realizes the distance. "Oh. Separated? Yes."

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