a city and a mint who sleep very little between them

[self_composed]

Bella bikes to the airport on Friday. She gets a little reading done on her flight, then sleeps-on-purpose through the remainder of the trip, waking up precisely when the plane touches down. One nice bonus that she didn't even explicitly build into the power is that she can sleep at will in virtually any position; she doesn't have to get comfy if that's not convenient.

She steps off the plane, backpack full of her things over her shoulders, and stalks into the halls of LaGuardia, eyes peeled for Libby.

Comments

[self_composed]

"Mm?"

[prima_sequentem]

"Asking me disingenuous questions doesn't help your case."

[self_composed]

"I realize that you have already thoroughly implied that you've been comparing notes on me with Lazarus, but English has a lot of phrasal curlicues to move conversations along that do things like retread past content," says Bella.

[prima_sequentem]

"So he hasn't mentioned anything about our conversation to you? I'm surprised."

[self_composed]

"Either that, or I don't have his permission to reproduce the contents of our exchanges to third parties," Bella says pleasantly.

[prima_sequentem]

"I see," says Libby. "Maybe I should go ask him."

[self_composed]

[You've come up in conversation with Libby,] Bella informs Lazarus. "What, right now?"

[prima_sequentem]

"I wasn't planning on it, no."

[nonbird]

[Um?]

[self_composed]

Bella reproduces the relevant segment of conversation for him in text channel. [Any requests as to how I discuss you?]

"Because he lives rather nearer to you than I do," Bella goes on.

[nonbird]

[I have no idea, I'm just generally nervous.]

[prima_sequentem]

"I noticed that, yes."

[self_composed]

"So," Bella says conversationally, "should I just operate under the assumption that you can read everyone's email, or are you not quite that spy-ish?"

[prima_sequentem]

"I can read everyone's email. I usually don't."

[self_composed]

"Do you read my email?"

[prima_sequentem]

"Nope."

[self_composed]

"What about Lazarus's?"

[prima_sequentem]

"Once."

[self_composed]

"Recently?"

[prima_sequentem]

"I bet you could guess when."

[self_composed]

"So you've read some of my email. Just not from my end."

[prima_sequentem]

"Sure."

[self_composed]

[Libby can and has read your email,] Bella informs Lazarus. [Implication is that she only did it during the time we were corresponding, but not like anything would stop her if she had reason to spend the time on it again.]

"That's not very polite either, but I suppose we've established that isn't your top priority."

[nonbird]

[Augh,] says Lazarus, very calmly.

[prima_sequentem]

"Yes we have."