like a thief in the day | Glowfic Constellation

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They appear in midair, visible out of a few thirtieth-floor apartments.

One starts to fall. The other catches her by the arm, flings out - wing-shapes of light - and slows her, spiraling down until they're at street level.

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"You take a lot longer to get here than mental health services."

"That's not her fault."

"I'll tell him to steer around them with the pesticides if another one takes up residence."

"The cops need to be clear on leaving elementals alone meaning that."

"It wasn't a cop, it was the gardener."

"They called the cops, right? Who are supposed to tell them to leave elementals alone?"

"I don't know if that was before or after he called the cops. I'll let them know a complaint was registered."

She nods.

Leaf is unrooted. She flies away.

"Thanks."

"Uh-huh."

There are a few more like that - Water in a pool, Glass on a skyscraper, Lightning in a power plant.

Amentans vary in tolerance but manage to wait for the elementals to handle it.

Fire is very busy and so is the Stone she convinces to also do this job.

Some elementals have red hair. This should not technically mean that they're unclean but it sure makes everyone uneasy.

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"It's interesting that they look Amentan."

"Uh huh. Makes the theory that their rate of appearance is based on local flesh-people population more plausible."

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Snort. "Flesh people."

"No one has yet suggested a better term for 'Amentans and humans' as a category. 'Mortals', I suppose, but maybe someday that'll change."

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Giggle. "Fires can make you stay young longer, Stones can make you stick around longer after you're old."

"Tempting, once we have somewhere to go."

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"Working on it."

"We appreciate it very much."

Fire and Stone suggest to Airs and Waters they come into contact with that they could go to the moon and not encounter any private property there. Some of them accept. It will still take a while for a few halos to fill up the atmosphere.

The prospect sends moon real estate prices skyrocketing. (Anitam secured a bunch of it before the project got underway.)

When there is a very thin atmosphere, enough for people who don't constantly produce their own surroundings to be comfortable, a few Earths and Woods go and start tending plants on the moon.