Tally makes a little delighted noise and kisses her, sliding her arms around Gideon's neck for balance. She likes the way Gideon does it, showing off her strength in a way that pretties never do, even though most new pretties could probably go toe-to-toe with her in an arm wrestling match. All that brand-new muscle, just to sit around pleasure gardens with.

She breaks away for a moment, a little breathless. "So, we've established we're definitely not mad each other," she says. "No grudges that will turn into nonconsensual surgery later."