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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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[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.]

[changethings]

Looks fancy. [ She says a little sarcastically.

Whatever she is still all smiles as he pulls her along. ]

[fantasies]

It's not supposed to be fancy, it's supposed to be delicious.

[changethings]

Get picking, we've got a lot of these places to visit. [ A beat. ] Pick something.

[fantasies]

Hang on, I have to try them first.

[He goes up to the display case and goes up on his tiptoes to talk to the worker.]

Can I have those little sample spoon things? One of each.

[changethings]

[ Emma hangs back behind him, arms crossed and lips twitched into a smile. She sees brain freeze in Henry's future. ]

[fantasies]

[The guy gives him like six little spoons before he cuts Henry off. Henry eats them all one right after another.]

The middle one! Like, four or five. [He points into the case. It's some kind of bubblegum ice cream.] Yeah, that one. Emma, you have to try this.

[changethings]

[ She does! And is pleasantly surprised by the sample taste. ]

Hey, this is really good. I'll take one of those too, thanks.

[fantasies]

[He gets his cone, and he bounces off by the windows while Emma pays.]

Come on, come on! We have to get to the next one.

[BOY SLOW YOUR ROLL.]

[changethings]

[ JESUS HENRY. She laughs, collecting her change. ]

Hold your horses kiddo, it's not like they're going to grow legs and run away.

[fantasies]

They might. There's a lot of magic here.

[changethings]

I'd pay to see that.

[fantasies]

You don't have to. I bet you could ask somebody to do it.

[changethings]

Ask someone to make all the ice cream shops walk around on legs? [ HAHAHA... ]

[fantasies]

Sure! People have all kinds of magic here. It's really cool.