"We are talking about you, obviously. What else would we talk about?" says Path. "Daemons do not have to pass the daemon version of the Bechdel Test."

"I have no idea what that is," says Adarin. "But sure, go ahead with talking about me. Only good things, though."

"I've been busy! I skimmed it!" he defends. "That counts, right?"

"The Bechdel test is intended to be applied to movies," says Isabella, relenting. "It asks, are there at least two female characters who have names and who talk to each other about something other than a man? And the fraction of movies that pass or fail this test is intended to be a barometer of sexism."

"... So... Most movies pass, right? That's kind of - easy?"

"Lots of movies fail. You saw Star Trek; do you think it passed?"

"It might have if Spock was the one in charge and if Kirk kept his trap shut," drawls Adarin.

"What would that have done? Spock isn't a female character."

"Absolutely nothing, but I would be more inclined to defend it."

Isabella snorts.

He snickers. "But seriously, that's kind of weird. Are there just - not that many women in movies? Do they just go around without names?"

"Yes and yes. I mean, plenty of background characters of both sexes aren't named in any given film. There's some ambiguity about what counts as being named, too, if there's a name in the script or the production notes but no characters ever say it in the final cut."

"... Yeah, that's weird. Why is that a thing?"

"It is really adorable how you're so confused about the fact that feminism has anything to accomplish, my dear."

"Thank you? I'm still so confused. Do they - I don't know, reach a quota of women and say, 'No, we can't have anymore, out' and then any other applicants get booted?"

"I think the script gets written first, so not so much an 'applicants' thing."

"... So... They write a script and they just conspicuously don't have women in it? Why?"

"Because they think men are the default kind of person, so they only vary away from that default when they have a reason. It's a problem with a bunch of characteristics besides sex, too."

"That's also weird. Isabella, I'm sorry to inform you, but your culture is kind of weird sometimes. Mine's kind of horrific, but yours is weird."

"Hey, this is only barely my culture, I am a witch."

"Fair enough. Our fantastic extraplanetary colony with extraplanar residents hopefully won't have weird culture problems."

"It will undoubtedly have weird culture problems. Hopefully it will have fewer."

"Fair. We would assumingly get some power if we declare ourselves - did we decide what we would call ourselves as rulers?"

"I don't think so. Preferences? I think I'd better avoid declaring myself a queen, it'd make things awkward clanwise."