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So maybe he lied.

Maybe it's a thing.

Who knows.

~~Why's he get to see his dad?~~

I wouldn't put lying past him.

Still, I mean that is his father right? Not just a coincidence?

~~...I don't know.~~

He said he was. More or less. Look, my kid's from the future: I'm pretty open minded about this stuff. Maybe it is.

Like he deserves it? He don't.

I know it's not impossible. I just didn't stop to consider it. He said "Morningstar" and I stopped talking.

~~No, he doesn't. You okay?~~

Funny, that's when I started yelling.

Fine.

...

But it ain't fair.

If I see Michael again I'm going to hit him for all of this he-said, she-said.

~~It isn't fair. No.~~

He'd probably like that.

~~He probably doesn't even care or anything.~~

What's his problem, anyways?

~~About what?~~

He's nuts.

~~His dad. I didn't get the feeling he even told the guy he was, you know, him.~~

I noticed. He doesn't seem to get he did anything wrong.

~~...That's his father though. Why not tell him?~~

Nuts.

Nuts. And ugly.

Undoubtedly.

The weekend is almost here.

~~If my dad...even when I was...well, you know what I mean.~~

Yeah, your cousin's having a bad day. TGIF.

~~You'd still talk with him, wouldn't you?~~

I heard. TGIF to you too.

~~That's what I'm sayin'. I would have back then too, even when I was...Big Ugly. Not that either of us would have recognized each other, but.~~

Got any plans? Other than punching Darth Mike?

~~I understand.~~

Nope. Wanna make plans?

~~He probably would have shot me on sight.~~

Yeah. 'Cause, uh, Pumpkin? We need a pumpkin.

~~I doubt it.~~

Are we going to go pumpkin shopping, handsome?

~~C'mon: Plumber. Big Ugly. He wouldn't have even asked my named. And I...probably wouldn't have asked his either.~~

Even though it seems totally dumb to shop for something you can pick out of the ground: yeah. Tis the season.

~~I guess. Things are different now.~~

It'll be fun. Are we going to carve it too?

~~I guess. I don't bite first and ask stuff later anymore.~~

That's what you do with them, right?

Yeah, usually. Some people just leave them plain for fall in general, rather than Halloween.

That's no fun.

I know, right? Our pumpkin will be the coolest one out there.

So what should it look like?

No clue yet.

They (http://www.masterpiecepumpkins.com/) have a huge gallery though to give us ideas.

Okay, those are almost freaky.

Freaky, but cool. Also: Way too much free time.

We can cheat and buy a stencil book.

Maybe the kid can sketch something out.

That's a good idea.

He offered to beat up Charmcaster for me.

Aw. That's my boy.

Devlin is awesome.

Best kid ever.

I know.

So did you let him?

Nah. I can take her.

But it did make me smile that he'd offer.

Somebody's raising him right.

I'll concur.

I'm glad he, you know, happened.

I don't think I ever would have done the dad thing otherwise.

Devlin is a really great kid. And you're a really great dad, I think.

I'm glad I got lucky enough to have you both in my life.

Yeah, you lucked out, Lucky Girl.

A apt name, even five years later.

I like 'Pumpkin' better.