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[changethings]

Thanks for the heads up on the whole "permanent loss" thing by the way. [ Is Emma bitter? No. Not at all. (spoiler: this is a lie) ] It was great to discover almost a month later that I'm cursed to word vomit on certain occasions for the rest of my stay.

[ It ruins her usual way of dealing with her problems. ]

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[fantasies]

Yeah, that's what some people were saying earlier. [But he's still looking anyway because that's what he does.] But how did you lose something if you didn't... lose anything?

[His brain says you have to lose physical objects, okay.]

[changethings]

Magic castle, remember? [ Wow, is she seriously saying this? God she is. ]

[fantasies]

Yeah. [He's so proud of you, mom. 8')] It's still a weird name, though.

[changethings]

I know. [ Yes! Be proud of her! She is the best mother ever. ]

Hey, you want some ice cream?

[fantasies]

[Oh man. All concern about losses goes out the window in the face of ice cream.]

Yes! Right now?

[changethings]

Yes, right now. [ Just as planned!! ]

[fantasies]

I can meet you downstairs in like five minutes.

[changethings]

Don't be late or I'm eating yours. [ :) Isn't she the greatest mother ever? ]

[fantasies]

Don't! [But his tone is clearly smiling. There's a slamming of a door in the background.] I'm coming, I'm coming!

[changethings]

Hurry up! [ Laughing, yup. ]

[fantasies]

[And, well, maybe he overestimated the quickness of the elevator, because it's maybe 6, 6-and-a-half minutes before he gets down to the lobby.

YOU BETTER NOT BE EATING HIS VANILLA CHOCOLATE SWIRL.]

[changethings]

[ SHE TOTALLY IS EATING IT!!

Only she isn't. At all. She's waiting for him with a grin on her face. ]

About time you got here.

[fantasies]

I had to come all the way downstairs!

[changethings]

[ A laugh. ]

And I had to walk across the lobby, it was exhausting.

[fantasies]

[He goes to grab her hand and drag her towards the doors before she can change her mind.]

Yeah, yeah. Come on, let's go!

[changethings]

[ Another laugh and she follows with him, skipping a couple of steps to catch up. Gosh Henry don't drag your mom around. ]

[fantasies]

[NOPE. Need ice cream now!]

Okay, so I know there's an ice cream place near the fountain in town, but I bet there are other ones, too. I don't know which one has the best flavors.

[changethings]

[ SO DEMANDING. ]

We can check them out, now that we don't have only a limited amount of time. [ Fuck yeah, no Regina. ]

[fantasies]

Can we try a bunch of them, too? Like with the little spoons?

[changethings]

Sure.

[fantasies]

Yes! I'm going to try all of them.

[changethings]

And give yourself a brain freeze. [ Doop doop doop, sup city. ]

[fantasies]

It'll totally be worth it.

[changethings]

Of course it will. [ And she is totally going to laugh at you when you've got a brainfreeze, because she is the BEST. MOTHER. EVER. ]

[fantasies]

This one first, here! This is the one I was talking about.

[He grabs for her hand again and makes a beeline for it. LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED.]