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"Cool Bav! How'd you learn that spell?" Munich asked. It could be a really handy spell, she thought. "What can I do to help?" she asked, watching her sister to go work as she stood there like an idiot. "I'll help you stuff if you want!"

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Rhea took a drink of her water, holding the glass with both small hands. "Pushy and bossy? Munich is kinda like that too," she said, nodding. "But she's way meaner...Well, I mean, I guess I don't know how mean Bavaria is, but Mun really takes the cake I think," she said, pushing her hair to the side so that she could show Trin the red pinch mark that Rhea had left on her neck just a day before. "She likes to pinch!"

"It's good to get to meet you though. Mun said she had two brothers and a sister. I haven't been able to meet any other Feien yet, so this is cool. My mom says she's getting a Feien too. I think it's going to live in the dollhouse too--when I get it."

"That's a good idea," Rhea agreed, holding on to the bottom of her glass like a child would, afraid that it might tip over if she let it go. "I'm sure she'd be willing to split it with me. It's reason-able, right?" Made good sense to Rhea too, but she wondered the same as Trinity. Could Munich really get along with another Feien? She seemed to get along with her sister well enough, so what harm could another housemate do?

"Yeah, Mun's gonna need a LOT of space to herself," she giggled. "She's pretty territorial."

Rhea imagined toast flying at the poor woman's face, and she looked at Trin in horror. "Really!? Well, at least it was toast, and not something worse!" Rhea could think of several things--like bullets or sharp objects--that were worse than having toast shot at you.

Then, Rhea's face suddenly took on a more...shy appearance. "Um, uh....can I ask you a question? What kind of animal are you?" She blushed slightly and looked up at her. "I really like your ears and tail. They look really soft." She didn't want to offend the woman, but she'd been dying to ask since she'd met her.

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"Aaah, I see. Well, it's too bad I didn't get more spells while I was in the Fleet! Man, I'll have to make up for it, and learn extra fast to get them here," she said with a confident air in her voice.

Munich took direction and held down the pieces of fabric that would soon form her bed. The cloth was still the same, but Munich could tell that it was much softer now...More like a REAL mattress.

"This is gonna be cool Bav! I can't wait to have a real bed!"

Munich was impressed. Bav seemed to be doing very well for herself! It made her sister quite happy to hear that she was settling in well. "Oh man Bav, that sounds great! I wanna come over and see it sometime. I'll bet you've got all kinds of nice things at your place."

Oh, the meeting spot! She'd been so preoccupied by moving into the beach house and getting settled that she'd forgotten all about finding a place to meet up. "Have you heard from Bruns or Berlin? I haven't really found a place for us to meet, but it has been awhile since I've heard from them. Maybe they know of a good place," she offered. "A tree house would be really excellent. We could at least find a place where it's the same distance from all of us."

Wow! Her bond DID sound cool. "You lucky fairy! I mean, my bond has some cool powers, but she's got no techs or bots. That's impressive!"

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Rhea looked at the woman in wonderment, and happily reached out a hand to pet her tail. It was like a cat's tail, and Rhea grinned. "Oh, it's so soft! You're from a different world? Well, that's really cool. Is it far away? Did you live there long? What's it like?" Rhea had switched to question mode--something she hadn't pestered anyone with in a very long time. Before Trin could answer her, she HAD to give the cat lady the details of her life...it was a bit interesting after all.

"I'm from a book! Isn't that crazy? Mom answered a question for the book, and I just appeared out of nowhere. Poof!" She brought her arms wide, indicating the large 'poof' that she had appeared in.

"Your skin glows!?! Wow, we have so much in common! See these marks on my arms?? They're tattoos..and when I touch them, they glow too!" She let her fingers touch one of the swirled markings, and almost instantly, it lit up, its edges glowing a bright purple. "I don't know what they do yet...but they have to do something..."

"OOh, that's cool!" Rhea exclaimed, tempted to give Trin's skin a poke--you know, just to see! Of course, they weren't in love, so nothing would happen, but still...Rhea liked the idea of her glowing skin. "I wonder if I'm somehow related to the Desert Teiru," she thought aloud, eventually realizing that it was definitely not possible. Rhea had come from a book, not from a foreign land.

"Yep, a very big book. Lots of kids have come out of it," she told the woman matter-of-factly. "Lots of my friends too." She nodded.

"A purple sky and water would be really really pretty," Rhea had to comment, her eyes full of wonderment. "I wish I could see that place sometime."

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Munich giggled at the thought of Bav and her bonded appearing in Bruns' bond's bathroom. "I'll bet that experience was QUITE revealing," she laughed, joking with her sister. "No wonder it took so long!"

And then, as Bav explained the hit-man situation, Munich's eyes grew wider. "Bav, you're not going to get hurt are you?" Munich asked, sounding very concerned. She took the well-being of her brothers and sister very seriously. "There's no trouble NOW, right? Everything's okay? What a scary situation!" She gasped a little, hand pressing her chest dramatically.

"I haven't seen Berlin either," she added, imagining her brother in a yellow dress. "My, he would be lovely in a dress, wouldn't he?" She giggled a bit, her wrist flopping in the air. "I'm sure Bruns would love to help you with that. Please, be sure I'm there when you do your fitting!" She erupted into giggles as she plopped down on her new bed.

"Wow Bav! This is awesome! So comfortable..." She closed her eyes and imagined how nice it would be to sleep now--on top of a proper mattress.

"I'll be there with bells on!" Munich said, almost excited to see the torture of her poor brothers. "I'd be more than happy to help hold him down. You know I'm perfect for the job," she added, giving her sister a wink.

"Good, I'm glad to hear that it's all better now. I'll bet I'd be in shambles if I was in your place. Though yeah, what a strange guy. Most assassins that I've heard of don't knock, they break in, and kill you in your sleep!" she exclaimed in a hushed assassin voice. "He doesn't sound like a very good assassin, she said, hands resting on her hips--a very natural pose for the Feien.

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"That would be great!" Rhea exclaimed, already excited to see the picture. Rhea was a girl always wanting to learn something new and exciting about the world around her. Anything new she heard of, she'd research it, and learn as much as she could so that the next time anyone asked her about it, she'd at least have one thing to tell them. "I like new and exciting places."

"Wow, you must travel a LOT!" Rhea said, wide-eyed. "Someday, can you show me where you've been? I mean, Bav and Mun are sisters, so I'll probably see you again. Maybe next time you can bring pictures." Her voice was excited--Rhea was already looking forward to their next meeting. One day, she'd travel a lot like Trinityblue did.

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Mun was too busy examining her new and wonderful bed to notice Bav running out of magic...But she did turn her attention back to her sister at the very end, and she assumed she was done. Later, she'd discover that it wasn't -quite- sewn up all the way. But Mun would never laugh at her sister or make fun of her, despite her lack of magic skills--she was one of few people that Munich actually had respect for.

"Thanks sis," she said, walking out through the door cut into the side of the box and flying up into the air. "You've done wonders for my room. It's much more liveable now. Let's go back and see our bonds. I wonder if they're actually enjoying each other's company?"

"Your bond doesn't really seem like the killing type," Mun replied with a smirk. "And I know mine definitely isn't. She'd rather be peaceful and all that pacifist nonsense."

She paused to hear about Bruns' bond, and looked again to her sister with curiosity. "One day I'll have to go see Bruns and this bond of his. Though I hope I won't have to fear for my life," she added with a hint of fear.

Mun finally reached the kitchen, and lo and behold, their bonds seemed to be enjoying each other's company quite a bit. "Having fun?" she asked, landing on the table next to Rhea.

"Cool! I can't wait to see them!" Rhea exclaimed, getting excited about their next meeting already. As Mun and Bav came into the room, Rhea waved to them.

"Are you all done? I'll bet your room looks really nice now, huh Mun?"

"Yes, Bav helped me quite a bit. It's still a work in progress, but it's better than what it was," she said with a sigh.

"Next time Bav, next time," Mun said, giving her sister a wink. "Maybe then you'll be even more powerful, and it'll be a non-issue, right? We'll be able to do all KINDS of things."

"Yeah, you have to come back," Rhea said, giving Trin a pat on the hand. "I want to see your pictures!"

She pouted a little when Trin said that they needed to go, but she quickly recovered, putting on a smile once again. "Okay, I guess if you need to go you can. You'll be back anyway, right?" The little girl gave Trin a hopeful look, and Munich just rolled her eyes at her child-bonded.

"Yes, come back sometime sis. I need the company. Maybe we can get Bruns and Berlin here too. That'd be fun."