A story about Splinter's trials of parenthood and hopefully a pick-me-up for any parent having a rough day. Set in the TTB chronology, concurrent with Ties that Bind, between The Price of Wisdom III and The Price of Wisdom IV (so before The Spirit of the Season).

Long-time friends, Donnie and April, go for a walk.

[2012] Our birth is but a sleep and a forgetting. (What happens when a turtle accidentally retromutates himself?)

At the ripe age of seventeen, Donatello understands his place in the world. Years with only one another for comfort and company have created a tight and orchestrated balance within the Hamato clan. When his brothers test these assumptions, however, Don is presented with a lingering confusion over his own identity.