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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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[shesepankh]

Bells snorts. "I guess it didn't take. Well, that was unhealthily fun."

[castmyown]

"I'm going to compare it unfavorably to arguing with a brick wall. Did you know he used the word hoarding? As a way to describe what he thought I was doing? Utterly seriously? Like I could actually manage it?!"

[shesepankh]

"There probably exist human beings who could be something-that-might-ineloquently-be-described-as-hoarded with the right kind of gaslighting. So basically he was accusing you of a nasty abuse tactic aimed at isolating me. His concern for my welfare might be charming if it... existed."

[castmyown]

"Right, which was why I couldn't just shut him down, he wouldn't believe me about your preferences. But my point was the entire time he was using - the sort of language that was treating you like some kind of horrific prize. It was disgusting."

[shesepankh]

"I would hope I would not in and of myself be horrifying if encountered in prize format," says Bella archly.

[castmyown]

Darren laughs. "No, not what I meant. The idea that someone could be awarded as a prize is horrific. You are lovely."

[shesepankh]

"Why thank you. Anyway, do you think your dad will let us have the car circa dinnertime?"

[castmyown]

"If I ask nicely, I think so. If he needs it for something I can probably just make dinner and we can have something impromptu at home. If er - that doesn't bother you?"

[shesepankh]

"Doesn't bother me in principle, although I wonder how well-behaved a co-occupant of the building Savannah will be."

[morethanimaginary]

"I would be extremely well behaved!" says Savannah indignantly.

[castmyown]

"Savannah. Would you, or would you not eviscerate several innocent flowers for their petals and then fling them at us?"

[morethanimaginary]

"... Totally would. But I would dump them on you both from above when you kissed."

[castmyown]

"There you have it, Bella."

[shesepankh]

"So I would prefer a less invested audience, if any. Let's hope we can have the car."

[castmyown]

Darren snorts with laughter. "Hopefully."

[shesepankh]

"Also I don't think you can really eviscerate a flower. They don't have viscera."

[castmyown]

"Pffff. Okay, what's the best word for 'systematically rip petals off of flowers' then?"

[shesepankh]

"Dismember? Dismantle, maybe, for the cleaner term."

[castmyown]

"Dismember tends to imply ripping off limbs, which flowers don't tend to have. Dismantle feels more robotic and doesn't quite have the flavor I was looking for."

[shesepankh]

"Disassemble probably has the same problem. Hmm."

[castmyown]

"Mutilate, maybe?"

[shesepankh]

"That sounds like everything's still attached and just damaged beyond repair."

[castmyown]

"Fair point. Maiming has much the same connotation. Hmmm. Why is this so difficult?"

[shesepankh]

"Pity I left my thesaurus at home."

[castmyown]

"Very. Come on now, Bella, you should be more prepared!"