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On Monday, Bella arrives at school completely and stably human shaped, with everything she has learned about critters (except for her own species, which she isn't liable to forget) written down as margin notes on a page reminding her to ask Darren about D&D and filler decoy notes about that. She's probably going to have invent an actual cipher alphabet or something eventually but for the time being she thinks this will probably do for casual inspection.
She sits next to Darren in English.
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shesepankh
shesepankh
Bella pats him on the shoulder. "Enjoy your fantastic luck. You do not live an empty life."
shesepankh
"I'm not hearing the enthusiasm I expect from people living full lives. Maybe Savannah should tease you more."
castmyown
"Do you want me to tutor you? I don't have to," he replies. "If I am not enthusiastic enough."
shesepankh
"I will take even uninspired tutoring, but I have every confidence that you can do better than that."
castmyown
Darren smiles at her.
"Thank you for your confidence. I'll try to live up to it, I have the strength of Savannah's incessant teasing behind me."
"Thank you for your confidence. I'll try to live up to it, I have the strength of Savannah's incessant teasing behind me."
morethanimaginary
"I have," says Savannah, looking between the two of them with a grin, "so much material for it, too."
shesepankh
"Okay, but really, if I don't get to know what it is you could lay off the hinting when I'm here," Bella sighs at Savannah.
castmyown
"I do!" confirms Darren. "I'll let you pick and choose a bit what you'd like to focus on, though."
shesepankh
Bella also waves. "We had Mrs. Adams as a sub in English today. Darren says you know her," she remarks when he's near enough.
steppingup
"... Lynn Adams?" says Vernon. "Huh. I know her, yeah. Can't say I'm surprised she just so happened to show up in your English class today. She does that, creepy as all get out. You want a demon expert you talk to her, she knows more than I do."
steppingup
"Yeah. Can't imagine her teaching, though. You all seem to have made it out, all right. So I guess it's fine."
He ushers them to the car!
He ushers them to the car!
morethanimaginary
Savannah steals the passenger seat. Its hers now.
(She wants Darren and Bella to sit next to each other!)
(She wants Darren and Bella to sit next to each other!)
shesepankh
Bella takes a back seat, quite oblivious to complex reasons Savannah might wish to ride shotgun.
"I actually liked her teaching style, but I wouldn't have wanted to be there that day if I didn't know the book."
"I actually liked her teaching style, but I wouldn't have wanted to be there that day if I didn't know the book."