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[thaumobabble]

Jane alerts everyone to the existence of a new Bell, the nature of her wives and children, and the presence of her mother-in-law.

She stands ready to move in anyone who wishes to attend this new party.

Glass stands ready to receive them.

Comments

[incanted]

"So's Edward, he doesn't want to be anywhere near most of us," snorts Aurora. "How'd you meet your Bell, anyway?"

[calendarofcrime]

"Tony and I were sent out questing for a husband. We found her instead."

[incanted]

Aurora giggles. "You quest for husbands around here?"

[lexicality]

"Did you have to rescue her from a giant or anything, that sounds like the kind of thing that would happen on a quest for somebody to marry," giggles Lexi.

[calendarofcrime]

"I did rescue her from a river snake," she recalls. "But that was mainly incidental."

[lexicality]

Lexi laughs. "Practically everybody Bells wind up dating is bisexual," she observes. "I wonder why."

[calendarofcrime]

"I could not begin to tell you."

[incanted]

"Maybe Glass can," laughs Aurora. "But it's probably just baked into the most common templates we date, not us. Edward isn't bisexual."

[calendarofcrime]

"By all means, ask my wife."

[incanted]

[Hey Glass, over here!]

[thaumobabble]

Glass teleports over. She likes being able to do that. "What?"

[incanted]

"We obviously vary in sexuality, some," says Aurora, "but we keep dating consistently bisexual templates, except Edward, what's up with that?"

[thaumobabble]

"I'd have to look at Edward to tell you why he's not. The other popular templates just don't vary that way like we can," shrugs Glass. "That's not a thing about us - no attractor in Bells means we can't date people who are only attracted to whatever gender we are in the relevant instance."

[calendarofcrime]

"We are enlightened," says Steel, kissing Glass.

[thaumobabble]

Kisses! "My new party trick is so popular," she remarks.

[calendarofcrime]

"Of course it is." Kiss kiss snuggle. "I love you."

[thaumobabble]

"I love you."

[incanted]

"Married Bells," snorts Aurora, "too cute."

[calendarofcrime]

"I object. She is precisely cute enough."

[incanted]

Aurora giggles. "Aww."

[thaumobabble]

"I think I heard that Shell Bell and Pearl were reputed to be intensely cute and they aren't married," points out Glass.

[incanted]

"They're an exception. I think it has to do with the time Shell Bell spent Downside before we fixed it."

[calendarofcrime]

"An exception to the rule that only married Bells are adorable? Which Bells are married?"

[incanted]

"The rule that married Bells are the cutest. Other ones can be cute too," says Aurora. "Besides you, there's Golden - who is kind of left out of this rule because we barely get to see Edward; Stella and Cam have seen him but haven't weighed in on the cuteness comparison - and there's Rose and Angela."

[calendarofcrime]

"I see."