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“I’d be happy to join you.”
“It has to be some sort of magic, he just needs time to recover from it. Most of these have time limits after all.”
“I suppose, but I don’t want to babysit him in the aftermath.”
“Lock him in a box or something. Better yet, get a bird cage and I’ll take care of the rest.”
“No, mother. You need to learn some new tricks.”

“Of…course not, dear. However, I will be concerned if you change your mind about Whale.”
“Thank you! But seriously, who cares who I end up with? You wouldn’t mind if I ended up with someone ‘low-class’ right?...