We'll go in the middle of the night, then, and bring him back here and get that off of him.

All right.

Anything else, while we're in town? I'll want to ...figure out what to do about the library, I guess, did I catch it right that there's something to give us a bunch of money?

Yeah. And if we leave the world you can just leave them the bank account, I guess.

Marisel'll be good with it, I think.

Sounds good. And we can figure the rest out once we talk to Nine.

Nine wants some time to get used to his new freedom, it turns out, and Pradnakt doesn't appear to be in any hurry to discuss their future, either. Daisy gives them two weeks, until diner two days before her scheduled trip into town.

"Do you know when you're going to be ready to talk about the notebook, either of you?"

She's caught Pradnakt out, though anyone who didn't know the Sith as well as she does would be hard pressed to notice her startled embarrassment. "I think -" she glances at Nine; she likes him fine but she's still not comfortable being vulnerable around him, Daisy can tell. "Any time you're ready will be fine."

"Is there a reason to wait?"

"No, I don't think so. What did you still need to decide?"

"Whether we're staying or going, mostly. I can afford everything else I want from her, unless bringing you two with me is expensive somehow."

"That's good. Did you want to go?"

"I think it's an interesting option. I don't know if the two of you feel like there would be a downside to it."

"I do feel like I have some unfinished business here, but... nothing I'd be sad to leave behind."

"I don't think I'd mind."

"Okay. I'll ask what's involved, then. Do you want to see the rest of my plan, too?"

"If you don't mind, Love."

"Of course not."

She gets some plain paper to write it out on.

Safety:

Battle Angel - 1

Choosy Book - 2
Indelible - 1
Iron Will - 2

I Can Fix Them - 5

True Love's Kiss - 1

See Us For Us - 6
No Tower For Me - 3
Not Like Other Girls - 2

Total: 23

General Wellbeing:

Making Ends Meet - 1
Motherlode - 2
Four Star Daydream - 4

Friends In Low Places - 3
Friends In High Places - 3
Friends in Strange Places - 3

Total: 16

Strongly Preferred:

Dragon Fairy Elf Witch - 5

Time Enough For Love - 5

The Princess And The Dragon - 3

Total: 13

Middlingly Preferred:

Well Endowed - 1
Hollow Leg - 1
Inner Strength - 3

Omniglot - 3

Disney Princess - 2

Total: 10

Weakly Preferred:

Size Difference - 2

Anything You Can Do - 6

Total: 8

Grand Total: 70

"That does leave us right at the limit. I could also take Jilted Lovers, maybe, if we need the points and you don't mind it - that's the one where if I left you you'd want to try very hard to get me back. I don't expect it to ever come up, so I don't think it's very risky. We're probably in reasonably good shape to take There's Another One, too, that's the one where we could meet other people she's given powers to."

"I'd almost consider Daydream a safety choice, if we were staying, it doesn't cover the very highest tier of problems but an army of your own would fix a lot of things."

"I don't want an army of my own. But I see your point, that's not the only way we could do it. All right, fair enough. How many points was the Other One drawback, again?"

"Three."

"So, eleven, with your weakly preferred things - Anything You Can Do is the skill one, right, are you sure you want it in the lowest tier?"

"Well, I'll still be able to learn things the usual way, that's worked fine for us."

"Sweetheart."