"Do tell," says a vampire just entering the room. She is, tastelessly enough, wearing a PETA T-shirt even though her gold eyes indicate a very animalian diet. "And about these 'ingots' - I'm very curious - probably that Bella's no more transferable than this one even if ingots in general are, but what about you, are you an 'ingot'?" she asks Libby.

"Libby, Bella," says Resident Bella, "Addy, the Imperial Factotum."