in which it is unclear how this became bella's job

[subtly_artistic]

Bella goes about her business. Elves continue stalking her; she continues walking everywhere accompanied. Sometimes by Celo, sometimes by random people, sometimes by clusters of classmates. She does all her homework and maintains good grades in all her classes. She is now confirmed able to definitely move objects with her mind a tiny negligible bit, which means that if she works very hard for a very long time she may become able to move objects with her mind a less tiny and non-negligible bit.

Comments

[subtly_artistic]

"I imagine that varies depending on the human too."

[pythbox]

"So humans just... don't... want to sometimes?"

This clearly boggles her mind.

[subtly_artistic]

"That's right. Or just find other motives competitive with that impulse."

[pythbox]

"Wait, other motives like what?" she asks, intrigued.

[subtly_artistic]

"...sleep, getting homework done, hanging out with their friends, going out and doing stuff, any thing a human does can potentially compete here."

[pythbox]

"Well, we do all that stuff too," says the elf. "We just don't let it keep us away from, you know, important things."

[subtly_artistic]

"Humans assign widely varying importance to all these things."

[pythbox]

"Weird. Anyway, thank you!" the elf says brightly. "Enjoy your lunch!"

[subtly_artistic]

"You're welcome." And Bella goes back to enjoying her lunch.