in which the narration is suggestive, yet vague

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Neckrubs become a more regular part of Bella's life. And she does not tell him to stop until she is good and done. There is hugging. There is snuggling. There is kissing. There are some impressively sappy looks from his end, some fascinated mindreading from hers. The semester wraps up, Bella goes home for a week, and she comes back (now signed up for Utility Psionics 2, Intro to Mental Healing, Arcane Defense, Intro Cognition, and her survival credit, a lecture entitled "Wilderness Triage" (subtitled: Quick And Dirty Mechanisms For Identifying The Lesser Of Several Evils).

She missed Celo! She seeks him out at once. Hugs.

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"Sold my body," he shrugs. "To somebody who wanted to eat a live nymph. It was fun."

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"...That has got to fall under blasphemy laws."

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"Not as far as I know!" he says cheerfully. "There's a whole business for it. I mean, nymph is pretty rare, but they've got anybody else you could want on a menu."

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...Bella thinks about that.

Bella shudders.

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"Aww, sorry," he says, hugging her again.

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"I'll be okay. I hate thinking about nasty social institutions I can't change, though."

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He tucks his arms around her waist and kisses her cheek. "You're a sweetheart and I love you."

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Snuggles.

"Are you in the middle of important kitchening?"

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"Nah, I was just cleaning up."

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"Let's go hang out in one of our rooms," she suggests.

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"Sure! Mine? Mine is snugglier," he asserts.

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"I defer to your expertise on snuggliness."

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Giggling, he leads her to his room.

It is indeed very snuggly. He has extra pillows and blankets, and they have kind of taken over. (He's added a few more since she was last here.)

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Flumph!

Bella spent much of her break practicing telekinesis - she's not much stronger than she was, but she's been playing with various common objects and knows where to apply her light taps of force to get them to behave.

She can close a well-hinged door from a flumphed position across the room, and if she really stares it down, she can latch it.

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"Ooh, good going," admires Celo, curling up and nestling his head on her shoulder.

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She beams.

Then she says, "You can unsquint at me if you want."

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"Mmmkay," he says. He tucks his face into the side of her neck and closes his eyes and lets himself feel her, in depth, with full interpretation.

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There is stuff to see!

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Oh is there.

"I'm gonna make a guess," Celo mumbles into her skin, and then he kisses the place where his mouth is.

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Kisses kisses oh this is nicer when he's unsquinted all the way this was a good idea.

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It was a very good idea. It was, not to put too fine a point on it, a fucking excellent idea.

Celo sets about proving that to her.

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Bella has the best ideas apparently.

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She does!

Also, Celo's ability to produce tasty things is not limited to the kitchen.

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Jala did suggest something to that effect! Bella is intrigued to note its truth.

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Celo likes being a source of tasty things! He giggles and kisses her when she has had a taste.