Lindor

This time, Bella brought the new acquisition right to Deim because, well, he was for her. "I don't need a mate!" she said, exasperated. "I'm happy doing what I'm already doing!"

Bella laughed. "And that's exactly why you two will get along!" Leaning close to Deim, she said, "He wants to learn how to do taxes! And he wouldn't hear of me buying him until we had checked all the relevant genetics to make sure he would be compatible." The young Spiral chimed in, "It would be impractical to do anything less, don't you agree?"

Deim's eyes grew large. Another Spiral who cared about practicality? And who wanted to learn how to do taxes?" She looked over his head at Bella, speechless. Bella prodded her. "Why don't you show him the new accounting software you were so excited about?"

A few minutes later, Bella backed quietly away as the two newfound friends sat, heads close as Deim walked the young male through adding a new subaccount and rolling the total onto the tax form. Smiling, she thought that while she hadn't gotten the little guy for breeding, there would probably be plenty of egg making going on anyway. Heavens help us, she thought gleefully. We'll have a whole nest of Spiral accountants!