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[shesepankh]

Saturday morning sees Bella with her notebooks about magic all in her knapsack, her medallion safety-pinned by its chain to her bra just in case she trips the wrong way, waiting with Charlie for pickup for the Avalon trip.

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[morethanimaginary]

"Wow you two are weird," says Savannah.

[shesepankh]

"And adorable. We are adorable."

[morethanimaginary]

"Weirdly adorable, yes. Proceed."

[castmyown]

"You hear that, Bella? We have permission from my sister to keep being ourselves. Knew she would be supportive."

[shesepankh]

"She would be out of luck if she required us to undergo personality transplants."

[castmyown]

"Very much so. I might not even be able to manage to stop being easily embarrassed. An entire personality is beyond my capabilities."

[shesepankh]

"I could probably make a halfway creditable effort but I'd have to really want to, and I like myself."

[morethanimaginary]

Savannah snorts. "Yeah, stay you, both of you."

[shesepankh]

"Your irrelevant permission is noted."

[morethanimaginary]

"Yup. I know you were waiting on bated breath for a pointless permission you didn't need."

[shesepankh]

"I was on tenterhooks, Savannah."

[morethanimaginary]

"Yes. I am wise and generous to have relieved you of your torment."

[shesepankh]

"All hail."

Om nom lunch nom.

[castmyown]

"All hail," repeats Darren. "The generous sister."

(He is eating his food, too, but mostly as an afterthought.)

[morethanimaginary]

Savannah bows, regally. "Thank you, thank you, loyal subjects."

[shesepankh]

"Whoa, hey, I hailed you, that's barely a step up from a greeting. I did not by any means swear fealty."

[morethanimaginary]

"Awww, but you definitely should!"

[shesepankh]

"No. I was one of those irritating children who wouldn't even pledge allegiance to the flag in elementary school."

[morethanimaginary]

"Well. To be fair the Pledge of Allegiance is kind of disturbing. They make school children recite it all the time! Hello, brainwashing!"

[castmyown]

"Savannah didn't, either."

[shesepankh]

"I actually got over it in fifth grade when it occurred to me that no one actually treats it as a binding loyalty oath, ever, and that I was pretty sure I would notice if it was going to insidiously program my brain."

[morethanimaginary]

"I still won't do it. It's stupid. Why say things I don't mean, why make kids say things they don't mean? It's a flag, it's not going to come after me. Now if the teachers had tried to I would have bit them."

[shesepankh]

"It's intensely stupid, it was just no longer worth my time to fight anybody on it. Also I have a reasonably principled stand against biting anyone who isn't physically attacking me."

[castmyown]

"She actually stuck with enraged yelling before moving on to the biting," deadpans Darren.

[shesepankh]

"I have no principles against yelling. Just aesthetics. Carry on."