miracle crystal dancing jewel, spin!

[incanted]

Bella goes to bed, happily exhausted. She can make stuff! Not a lot of stuff, not yet, but still. She will be able to solve Brilliance's food problem and if she can figure out how to scale up she will be able to solve the world's food problem.

The next day is, alas, also a school day. She bids Brilliance good morning while she brushes out her hair. +Hey you.+

Comments

[cardistry]

Mmmmm snuggly hugs.

[incanted]

Grateful happy hugs! "It's amazing, I love it, it's like I'm telekinetic only with myself, I'll never trip over random nonexistent things again, I love it."

[cardistry]

"I love that you love it!" he laughs, tucking her shoulder under his chin.

[incanted]

"Best present ever." Squeeze.

[cardistry]

"Awwwwww." Squish! "I think hugs might be better than ice cream," he adds contemplatively.

[incanted]

"Is ice cream the current winner in food?"

[cardistry]

"Yep!"

[incanted]

"And to think you've only tried one flavor of the stuff."

Hugs hugs hugs. Even hugs are pleasanter with all this detailed obedient feedback from all her parts.

[cardistry]

"I should try more flavours," he says, snuggling her some more. "I want to try everything."

[incanted]

"I'm getting that," she laughs. "You are one serious hedonist."

[cardistry]

"I definitely am," he giggles. Hug hug hug. "I don't understand how anybody else isn't."

[incanted]

"Got other things on our minds," Bella shrugs.

[cardistry]

"Yeah," he laughs, "how."

[incanted]

"Well, I'm also a lot more used to food and hugs than you are, maybe the novelty will wear off in seventeen years."

[cardistry]

"Mmm, I think that'd be kinda sad," he says.

[incanted]

"A little, I guess."

[cardistry]

Hug-snuggle.

"You're my favourite person," he sighs. "Not that that's a high bar to clear."

[incanted]

...Aw.

Squeeze.

[cardistry]

Happy snuggly hug!

[incanted]

"I'm glad I found you. I'm sorry I'm your favorite person - I mean, not directly, but sorry that you've known such a bad quality of person, pretty much all I've done for you is be not-horrible."

[cardistry]

"I like you," he says. "You're nice. Maybe you call it not-horrible, but I call it nice."

[incanted]

"Well, I try to be nice, but everything you've seen me do is either minimum standard of not-horribleness stuff, or selfishly motivated," she points out.

[cardistry]

"So? What I'm saying is," he lets go of her so he can gesture emphatically, "your minimum standards are high compared to what I'm used to. And you're sorry about that, and that's sweet. And I'm just gonna keep appreciating it the way I appreciate hugs and ice cream - it's something nice that I'm not used to yet."

[incanted]

"Awww."

Bella maybe blushes a little.

[cardistry]

He grins at her. "Aww, you're cute."