One Bill Cipher, one Mabel Pines, and two Dipper Pines - that was their little group in it's entirety. None were sure what monsters lurked in the pink-and-purple woods that surrounded them, but they didn't want to find out. That was precisely why Juniper was about to send one of its gigantic wolf-things at them. Then They would die and Juniper would have all the power. Or at least, that's what she had been told -The Council had lied to her before. But if she did get all of Bill's power, she would be safe. Safer than she had ever been. She would be doing what was best for Juniper, and that was never a bad thing. She had some connection to him, she remembered, but that was all she knew. They were both Ciphers - did that mean anything? No, probably not. Back to killing, then.

Bill had set the thing on fire. Bill had set the thing on fire. It just didn't care.

"You do know that when you fight something, you're supposed to hurt it, right?"

"Shut the fridge up, Alikin."

"You're really no help in this fight. Let's knock you out, shall we?"

"Wh-,"

Crying. Mabel was crying. For a moment, Bill considered just asking why. Then he realized that there had to be nicer ways of figuring it out. Just asking was not going to help. So he sat down next to her.

"Mabel?"

"Sweatertown isn't accepting visitors right now! Go away!"

Bill stared at her.

"What do you mean, Sweater Town?"

Mabel poked her head out.

"I thought you said you were watching us all the time."

"Okay, so maybe not all the time. Just most of the time. What you had for breakfast was not my concern."

Mabel giggled weakly.

"There was this guy-,"

"Untermensch."

"What? What does that mean?"

"Subhuman creature in German. Guys are jerks."

"You're a guy."

"Your point being...?"

Mabel laughed for real this time. Rubbing her eyes, she said, "You aren't a jerk."

"Just because I'm great does not make me not a jerk."

"Sometimes you're very confusing."

"What else is new?"

"A guy dumped me, Bill. Not because of any crazy supernatural stuff, either. He said it was because I was too weird."

"That is the stupidest reason I have ever heard."

"Yeah..." Then they just sat for a moment. "Do you think I'm adorable?"

"No."

"Oh." Another moment passed. "Is that because you're weren't actually human?"

"Based on the fact that everyone else thinks you're adorable? Probably."

"Okay."

"Really, though, why would you even ask me? I'm like, the single worst person to ask."

"Because you're the only one in the room."

"That's a lie, and you know it."

"What do you mean?"

"You're also in the room, Star."

"I meant the only other person in the room."

"But that's not what you said!"

"But it's what I meant."

"Why would you not say what you mean?"

"Why would you not say what you mean?"

"Because that would be lying, and lying is wrong. Come on, Star, this is like, human stuff 101."

"Sometimes humans lie."

"Yes, but those are the bad humans."

"Sometimes I lie."

"Other than right now? Blasphemy."

"Like there was one time when I told Candy I really liked her dress, because she seemed to really like it, but I actually didn't."

"That doesn't make any sense. You're a good person. I know that."

"I'm a good person. I'm even a great person. But I'm not a perfect person."

"So what I'm getting is...lying is fine?"

"No!"

"Now you're being very confusing."

"Okay, I don't think you're an advanced enough student in human stuff for this lesson. Just...forget everything I just said."

"But-,"

"Put your buts away. You need more experience before you understand what I was saying."

"No! I can understand!"

"I don't think you can."

"You're the worst."

"You're the worst."

"That's a good point. Okay, you're the second worst."

"We could be tied."

"Tied for worst?"

"Yeah."

"Alright."

"Come with me. We're going to eat that entire box of ice cream in the freezer if it's the last thing we do."