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[jowls]

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[rockitlike]

We're not going to screw it up.

I have faith in us. All of us.

[jowls]

One of us should.

[rockitlike]

Some of it is going to be hard. But it's everything I want, now. I wouldn't change any of it.

Maybe the fluke worm thing.

[jowls]

The fluke worm was bad enough that I think we should nuke every fluke worm on the planet. The ecological damage can't be worse than what we have now.

[ hm. ]

I still can't believe we're here.
It was all worth it.

[rockitlike]

I know. I meant it-- I wouldn't change anything. I think we needed all of it.

And it makes us uniquely suited to tell her all the things she'll need to know, growing up with us for parents.

[jowls]

"Yes, honey, real aliens. But don't be afraid - Mommy and Daddy kicked their asses back to deep space. Probably."

[rockitlike]

We'll have to be careful to vet anything she tries to bring for show and tell. The last thing we need is to leak classified data to kindergarteners.

[jowls]

Would kindergartners really find it interesting? Most of the classified stuff doesn't have pictures.

[rockitlike]

Well, non-classified might not be much better. The last thing we need is her class having nightmares about the Great Mutato.

[jowls]

Or the time her mother nearly ate a cricket, for that matter.

[rockitlike]

I can't believe you still remember that.

People eat insects all over the world, you know.

[jowls]

It was a memorable case.

And none of those people are Special Agent Dana Scully.

[rockitlike]

It's very eco-friendly. Some experts think insect protein is the future.

It was an interesting case.

[jowls]

They're going to have to figure out how to make ants taste like a medium-rare steak before that happens.

It's not every day you get to rub elbows with circus royalty.

[rockitlike]

I wonder if any of them are still out there, doing shows.

[jowls]

Does anyone go to the circus anymore? I can't remember the last time I saw one advertised.

Maybe they're all having a sunny retirement down in Florida.

[rockitlike]

I still see ads so someone must be going. Though I think they don't have animals anymore. Maybe no one goes twice.

Maybe. Though I'm not sure Florida would be on my short list of places to go.

[jowls]

Somehow I gamed my Google searches out of targeted circus advertising. Or you made some terrible, terrible mistakes with yours.

Yeah, maybe not. Decent hideaway while we were there, though. Too bad we couldn't have shared a trailer.

[rockitlike]

Never a shared trailer or sleeping bag when you need one.

[jowls]

What I wouldn't have given for a sign you were interested. I might have played it cool, but I wanted you the whole time.

[rockitlike]

I think you wanted to go chase down Mothman a little more.

[jowls]

Scully, if you had gotten up on my desk and started unbuttoning your blouse, I would have forgotten who Mothman was.

[rockitlike]

The gas station wine and cheese was the best I could do- it felt so forward at the time.

[jowls]

I thought you were just trying to get me to eat something.

[rockitlike]

I *was* trying to get you to eat something.