Yes, but like in a tangential sort of way. Also, she came after me, but everyone seems to forget that. Not jealous. I'm fine. Really.
[Though sometimes Bette does wonder what would have happened if she'd gone the Batgirl route instead of the Flamebird route. Would she have been accepted more easily? Or was the fault not in the codename she used, but in Bette herself? These were, she knew, ugly thoughts, and ones she hardly wrestled with anymore, but every once in awhile it reared its ugly head.]
But like, see, the colony is here - [she makes a small box-shaped move with her hands] - and I'm here - [she moves her hands over to the left and makes the same move, but on a smaller scale] - in the guest house. Where it seems like sometimes people forget a guest is residing.
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[Though sometimes Bette does wonder what would have happened if she'd gone the Batgirl route instead of the Flamebird route. Would she have been accepted more easily? Or was the fault not in the codename she used, but in Bette herself? These were, she knew, ugly thoughts, and ones she hardly wrestled with anymore, but every once in awhile it reared its ugly head.]
But like, see, the colony is here - [she makes a small box-shaped move with her hands] - and I'm here - [she moves her hands over to the left and makes the same move, but on a smaller scale] - in the guest house. Where it seems like sometimes people forget a guest is residing.