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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

[calendarofcrime]

"If it happens," she says to Aegis, "I expect you will not notice."

[autokinetic]

"Well," says Aegis, "okay, what do you want us to do about it?"

[calendarofcrime]

"Be sure you understand the situation before you apply your expectations to it."

[autokinetic]

"Next time I'll get Glass to check the world's cotton candy ratio first," snorts Aegis.

[calendarofcrime]

"That is adequate."

[autokinetic]

"So glad to have your approval," snorts Aegis. "So if you're not naming it Cotton Candy what are you going to call it?"

[thaumobabble]

"...Chronicle," says Glass after a moment's thought.

[calendarofcrime]

[thaumobabble]

"Honey," murmurs Glass. "Oh, I'm glad you didn't meet me when I was fifteen, I was a flippant little thing too - Aegis, can you be serious, I read the note in the Bellbook about you being badly socialized but surely if you're planning to be elected you're working on turning it off?"

[autokinetic]

Aegis sighs. "Sue thinks I'm funny," she mutters, and then she composes herself and says, "Steel, we're gonna pay attention, we're not gonna go around dismantling power structures just because they're there, only if there's something wrong with them that isn't patchable."

[calendarofcrime]

"Thank you," says Steel.

[autokinetic]

"You're welcome," grumbles Aegis, and she floats into the air like a soap bubble, looking for somebody else to talk to.

[calendarofcrime]

Steel hugs her wife.

[thaumobabble]

Hugs.

"I'm sorry about her. She had an unusual childhood and came out rough around the edges. I think she's working on it."

[calendarofcrime]

Hugs.

"All right."