"Hmm... So, the soul has size, density, shape, like a normal object in normal 3D space, and a bunch of 'colors', not actually colors, we just use them to make sense of it. And a 'polarization' that has innumerable different possible values. The polarization is like, what kind of magic you're good at. Colors are correlated with personality types but not strictly. Size and density contribute to GPMG and - resistance to being forced to change, basically - and shape is... Complicated, most people are just spheres, complicated. The transmigration assumes that the soul being transmigrated is not too large or small, not particularly polarized, and is close to a sphere. You can have stuff sticking into or out of your soul, or around it, that's beyond this level though."

"Will you be able to tell me my polarization and color and stuff?"

"Yeah, sure." Sigh. "Just please keep all this to yourself."

"My plan is to go on a whirlwind tour of the world with my mom and then get turned into a space angel, at no point in the process did I plan to pause and divulge classified information. Tell me now if I should skip Russia or something."

"You could probably sell just what you know to half a dozen different agencies. Let's... Just move on."

"Really? I know fuckall... sure, moving on."

"You can- Moving on. All you really need to do is lay on the exam table. I'll go in the other room and take some readings. It won't take five minutes."

"On my back? Do I need to hold particularly still?"

"Yes, that's easiest. And try not to move your torso if you can, get comfy before I start? Arms and legs fidgeting a bit is fine."

She starts arranging swinging arms with big white boxes and lenses on the end around the table.

She lies down.

Trisamine retreats into the other room, just like in a normal hospital X-ray exam. "Not because there's a risk of soul cancer for me, just because mine would show up too."

It takes about two minutes before she declares, "All done," and comes back out.

"Your soul is unpolarized - scattered in all directions - as expected. Khintal will polarize you for his sort of magic as part of the process. You're smaller than I expected, and denser, and you have a thick shell, this is going to be your immunity. So you are likely to have less raw magical power than your GPMG would indicate, but more - steadiness - even aside from your shell that seems to be giving you general mind-magic immunity. I think someone could detect the adrenaline in your blood still. While you still have blood, that is... You're pale cyan, nearly white, which correlates with an ordered and thoughtful mind and a calm, tranquil personality. I see nothing at all that would pose a risk to your transmigration."

"How far should I trust my shell?"

"...Real hard to say without live stress-testing. Against a random scoundrel, sure, against an elite mindfucker or an elder dragon or a god trying seriously, maybe."

"I will try not to anger elder dragons. Thank you for my soul X-ray. Anything else in this department?"

"Don't assume you're immune to, like, dark magic that makes you go crazy if you learn it. You might be, but probably not and that's playing with fire. Nothing else, I think."

"I appreciate the warning."

And off she goes.

They make her go through security again on the way out.

When does she want to take the leap? After turning 18?

It will probably work out that way because her mom wants to do SO MUCH travel. Can she have part of her payday in advance for this purpose? She super does want to be a space angel, it's just her mom thinks she ought to do a lot of Earth travel first since it'll be hard to spend much time on Earth in the future. Or this is an excuse for Renée to do a lot of travel herself, but either way.

Her parents can have part of her payday in advance as a loan with a generous interest rate and payback timetable.

That'll do, since Bella's going to dump a lot of what she doesn't spend on disease eradication charity on her folks and they will be able to pay it back then.

Off they go, around the world in eighty days!

Hey, that joke about staying out of Russia? Phoenix calls her at one point, and advises she stay out of South Korea. They have a tip-off that they might try to arrest her for bribe-from-Phoenix or information-on-Phoenix-hunting purposes. Sorry.

Damn, they did plan to hit South Korea but they can do a little extra time in Singapore then and move all the flights around. Oh well.

If the airlines and visas and stuff are bizarrely easy to deal with, it's not so obvious as to be suspicious. The whirlwind tour concludes without particular incident for her.

She shows up to her transmigration appointment after her birthday is celebrated with her parents.

She's had plenty of time already to consider which benefits she'd like to get out of it. There's a rough 'budget' she can slide around a bit.

Keeping the ability to eat/drink, have sex, and sleep normally are considered standard but could technically be foregone (bathroom needs are eliminated, but showers and baths themselves can still be enjoyed). The standard package gives her a decent three-room apartment instead of a tiny studio, six months of magic training before being put into an expected 40 hour work week, and four two-day summons to Earth in a Phoenix location per year (she won't be able to do any magic during these), each of which can be exchanged for three weekend summons to somewhere on Earthsea by one of Khintal's clergy if she'd rather. If there's anything weird or unusual she wants they'll see what they can do?