AN: We are rapidly-approaching the two-year anniversary of the first chapter of this story being uploaded. It's kind of crazy to think about.

I would once again like to thank Lord Maximus for the help with this chapter.

I would also like to give a warning. The timing is very unfortunate, considering Pride Month just started, but there will be a character or two in this chapter that displays transphobic views, including misgendering and deadnaming. I don't in any way share those views with the characters, but I want to let anyone reading this that might happen to be transgender know that this is in the chapter. But, the characters are assholes, anyway, so it should be clear that transphobia is wrong. As if it needed to be said.

Just don't be a dick, people.

Chapter 89

"I'm sorry," Ozpin's voice said from inside Oscar's head, his words helping to break up the silence of the forest. Oscar had finally decided to listen to Ozpin, and had left home, heading to Mistral, per Ozpin's repeated requests.

"You know," Oscar said to the voice in his head. "The weirdest part is how it feels. Going to the city is crazy. Everything you've told me is completely crazy. But it doesn't feel crazy anymore. It feels like I'm doing the right thing."

"Well… I suppose that's good."

"No," Oscar denied. "It's scary." The distant roll of thunder told Oscar he needed to pick up the pace.

It was already pouring down rain by the time Oscar made it to a train station. He ran as fast as he could to get under the covered platform and out of the rain, stepping up to an automatic ticket kiosk. He scanned a Lien card against the reader, only to be told that he didn't have enough money.

"Stupid thing," he complained, before turning his attention inwards, to Ozpin. "I'm assuming whatever weird magic this is doesn't come with an infinite supply of money?"

"I'm afraid you'll have to solve this one on your own," the voice replied. Suddenly Oscar felt a tingle in the back of his head, as if he instinctively knew that there was danger nearby. "Be on your guard."

"What do you mean?"

"Here," a voice said. Oscar turned and saw a very large man standing next to him, his fist raised. Oscar instinctively flinched, before realizing that the man had smacked the ticket kiosk, causing it to spit out a ticket. Oscar scrambled to pick it up, as the man simply walked past him. "Don't let such a small obstacle block your path."

"That man," Oscar said once the stranger had left. "I felt… Who is he?"

"Someone from my past," Ozpin said. "Someone who should not be taken lightly."

Aqua kept wracking her brain over the impending meeting at the Schnee manor as she got dressed into the shirt and long skirt that she bought while she was out with Ciel. She could understand that Jacques wanted to meet with her, considering the whole "possible Schnee" thing, but the concerning part was that he was apparently also inviting the Marigolds, a family she knew absolutely nothing about, other than the fact that May had a falling out with them.

Aqua facepalmed at the obvious solution to her lack of knowledge. She pulled out her scroll, dialing the appropriate number. She was met with the face of her fellow blue-nette.

"Hey, Aqua," May said.

"Hi, May. Sorry for the sudden call, but I felt I should ask what to expect in regards to meeting the Marigolds at the Schnee Mansion," Aqua said. May frowned and sighed.

"Well, considering I like you enough to not let wander in blind, don't expect them to be happy if you mention me."

"Because of your choice to join the Happy Huntresses?" Aqua guessed, slipping her jacket on.

"Well, there was a little more to it than that. We also had a fundamental disagreement over who I am as a woman," May said sourly.

"What do you mean?" Aqua asked.

"I'm trans," May said matter-of-factly.

"Oh!" Aqua said, her eyes wide. "Sorry to pry to like that."

"Forget it, you didn't know," May waved it off and smiled. "Sounds like you never met one before."

"Well, like I said before, I grew up in a temple so I was a little… Sheltered compared to normal people," Aqua said with a sigh as she sat down on her bed. "I didn't meet anyone else outside of the people I grew up with until I was eighteen."

"Wow, you really were sheltered," May said with a chuckle. "But it doesn't seem like that stopped you, considering how well you fight. Not to mention the way you talk about your family."

"Yeah, I was a little naïve when I finally completed my apprenticeship, but I was raised not to be biased against anyone, so I don't have problems with how people are," Aqua explained. "Provided it's not at the expense of others."

"You know, you kind of make me wish we were related with that attitude," May said. "Would like to be there when you meet them but I wouldn't be able to stomach it. The best advice I can give you is this: You're about to walk into a den of Beowolves. You want them to respect you, you make the biggest roar in the room." Aqua nodded.

"If they're anything like Jacques, I have a feeling I'll be putting my foot down even after I say I'm not some long-lost relative. The kind of obsession these people have with wealth is ridiculous. I doubt they'd understand why someone wouldn't care less about it."

"Now I'm actually kind of wishing I was there just to see the looks on their faces, but I won't cramp your style, Aqua. Let me know how it goes," May said.

"I can imagine," Aqua said. "I have to go. Thanks, May."

"Anytime," May said before ending the call. Aqua breathed deeply.

"Let's get this over with," she said to no one in particular.

Ruby, Jaune, and Uncle Qrow stepped into the ruins of Kuroyuri, carrying Cloud's stretcher with them. They stopped to look around uncertainly at the destruction around them.

"Oh, man," Jaune said, distraught at the state of the village, and doubtful that they would be able to find anything to help Cloud after all.

"Come on," Ruby said, urging her friend to continue walking. "Any of these places look like a pharmacy?"

"It's…honestly hard to tell," Jaune replied. Uncle Qrow sighed.

"After all these years, seeing sights like this never gets any easier," he said, his gaze landing on an abandoned bicycle. Ruby could see pain in his eyes, likely imagining the young life that had been snuffed out when the Grimm destroyed this place. She gave a sad look to her uncle before looking at Jaune.

"Ren really didn't want to come here, did he?' Ruby asked.

"Uh… didn't seem so," Jaune said.

"Do you know… why?" she asked. Jaune sighed.

"I think I have a pretty good idea."

Several years earlier…

A young Lie Ren stared happily at a pretty flower floating in an aqueduct in his home town, Kuroyuri.

"Why, hello little Lie," his mother said. "Are we trying to catch a fish?"

"I've found a flower on the water!" Lie said excitedly.

"Oh, I see!"

"Can we take it home and plant it in the garden?"

"Oh no, sweetheart, that flower lives here," Mother answered. Lie looked down sadly before his mother affectionately rubbed his head. "But I'll tell you what you can do." She handed him a Lien card. "Take this Lien and go find something nice for your father's return. He's been hunting for quite some time. I bet that the journey's been very tiring, don't you?"

"Yes," Lie said, taking the Lien card.

"Do you think you'll know what he wants?" Mother asked.

"I think… he wants a water flower in the garden!" Lie said, causing his mother to laugh.

"Why did you have to inherit my sass?" she asked, giving him a playful nudge on the bottom to send him on his way.

His first stop was a weapon stand in the center of town. He knew his father would love a new weapon!

He approached the stand and held up the Lien card.

"What can I buy with this?" he asked the blacksmith, who chuckled in response to the boy's question.

"Well, something just your size," he size, he said, holding up two wooden toy weapons. One was a sword, the other was a hammer. Lie looked down in disappointment.

His next stop was a liquor merchant.

"Sake, please," Lie said, but the merchant only shook his head.

He kept walking, trying to find another store, only to get distracted by the delicious-looking treats he could see through the window of a bakery.

"Hey, get back here!" he heard a voice yell, so Lie turned the corner to investigate. He saw a group of three boys standing over a ginger girl, who was holding a loaf of bread fearfully.

"Where'd you get that bread?" one of the boys, the tallest one, asked tauntingly. "I didn't see you pay for it, thief!"

"No, look, it's all moldy," another boy, the shortest one, said.

"I think she got it from the trash!" the tall boy said.

"Lemme see!" the third boy said, reaching out for the bread, only for the girl to bite his finger. "Ah! She bit me!" the boy shouted, before pushing the girl to the ground. She scrambled to pick up her dropped loaf, before crouching in fear of the boys.

"Where'd she come from?" the short boy asked. Lie took a few steps forward, not sure what he should do. "She's dress all weird!"

"I bet she's abandoned!" The tall boy said. "Like a dog or something!"

"Does that mean I have rabies?" the boy whose finger was bitten asked. As the boys continued laughing at the poor girl, she noticed Lie standing behind them, and looked at him pleadingly. The bullies noticed that she was looking at something else and turned around, seeing Lie standing there. Lie didn't know what to do…

So he ran.

He didn't get far, though, before bumping into someone, knocking him down.

Lie looked up, and saw his father looking down disappointedly at him.

"Father?" Lie asked.

"What is happening here?" Father asked. The bullies looked scared at having been caught, and the girl took the opportunity run away. After a second, the boys decided that it would best for them to leave, and ran away, too. Lie's father looked down at him. "Do you wish to run with the rest of them?" Lie stood up, but didn't look up at his father. Father kneeled down, putting a hand on Lie's shoulder.

"Sometimes the worst action to take… is taking no action at all. Go home. I need to speak with the mayor."

Lie watched his father walk away, thinking about his words.

"Welcome, Mrs. Branwen."

Aqua had a calm expression on her face as she sat down at the long table in the dining room. She already spotted Weiss sitting nearby looking embarrassed, with a boy sharing her white hair and blue eyes, and an older, but still beautiful woman with a sullen but curious look on her face. On the other side of the table sat an older couple, with blue hair, whom Aqua assumed was the Marigolds. The man was likely the person Jacques was assuming was her father.

At the head of the table was the man himself.

"Thank you for accepting my invitation on such short notice," Jacques said, motioning for the servants to bring out some tea. "Weiss tells me that tea is your preferred beverage." Aqua watched as a cup of tea was placed in front of her, which she accepted.

"Thank you."

"I feel we should start with the introductions," Jacques said. "As you likely already know, my name is Jacques Schnee, patriarch of the Schnee Family and CEO of the Schnee Dust Company." It took all of Aqua's willpower to not roll her eyes. "You, of course, are already familiar with my daughter Weiss, and this is my son Whitely, and my wife Willow."

"Charmed," Whitley said, while Willow chose to say nothing. Honestly, a part of her thought that if he wasn't so openly arrogant, Whitley would be kind of adorable. He was certainly a handsome young man.

She supposed she should be flattered that she was considered beautiful enough that being a Schnee was believable to so many people.

"Our other esteemed guests are Robert and Gunnora Marigold," Jacques said, gesturing to the other couple.

"So, this is her?" Robert said, giving her an appraising look. As far as Aqua was aware, this man thought she was his daughter, so she supposed it made sense that he would want to get a good look at her.

"Robert, don't be rude," Gunnora said, giving her husband a scolding look.

"Anyway, Mrs. Branwen, do you know why I've invited you here?" Jacques asked as Aqua took a sip of her tea before placing it on the table.

"I have a few guesses," Aqua answered, glancing slightly at Weiss. "My main reason for accepting your invitation was so I could have a chance to check on Weiss and see how she was holding up."

"And why would my daughter be your concern?" Jacques asked with a raised eyebrow.

"She was one of my students during my time as a teacher at Beacon. I was entrusted with not just her education, but also her health and safety. In fact, she was also a member of the team my daughters were on, which led to us becoming friends, not that I ever played favorites in my class," Aqua answered honestly. "I see no reason not to continue caring about her wellbeing, even if I'm no longer teaching."

"Hmph, how considerate of you," Jacques said, noting the surprised but still grateful look on Weiss's face. "Still, your dedication is commendable, which is why I am hoping you can clear something up for us."

"Which is?"

"Your Semblance is remarkably similar to the Semblance that has existed in the Schnee family for generations," Jacques said, hoping to gauge Aqua's reaction. Her reaction turned out to be a sigh of irritation.

"Saw that one coming. You think I'm a Schnee," she said. "And since you invited them along, you think he's my father."

"The thought had crossed my mind," Jacques admitted, watching as Willow stared at Aqua but showed no familiarity with her. Shocker. "I don't hear you denying it."

"Doesn't mean I am. I'm not a Schnee, or a Marigold, and your daughter already made that mistake during her time in my class," Aqua calmly replied, having come up with a better cover and was more prepared than she was when Weiss confronted her. "We cleared that mistake up."

"And how did you clear that up, may I ask?" Robert asked. "What proof did you provide? Can we see it?"

Well, no, since the proof she gave Weiss was the girl seeing for herself that other worlds exist, which made the fact that Aqua was from one a lot more believable.

"Why would I do that? I have nothing to prove here. And last I checked, having a Semblance that's similar to the Schnee Family's isn't a crime," Aqua said with a frown.

"Let me make myself clear: I will not stand for an illegitimate offspring coming here to take my company that's meant for my children," Jacques said, ignoring the angry look Weiss sent him. A look Aqua didn't miss. "I have worked long and hard to get where I am and leave something behind, and I will not stand for any interference, even from a long-lost relative. If you admit it right now, I promise not to take any action, other than providing you with a ship so you can leave Atlas with the promise to never come back."

To the shock of everyone sitting there except Weiss, Aqua wasn't intimidated in the slightest.

No, instead she laughed in his face. She leaned back in her chair, laughing for several seconds before composing herself.

"Is that all I have to worry about?" she asked. "If that was a threat you should make it sound less appealing. I have no intention of remaining here in Atlas, especially among the so-called elite."

"How dare you?" Jacques snarled.

"And you bring the Marigolds into this, as if they're any better."

"And what, pray tell, do you mean by that?" Robert asked.

"I'm talking about the way you treat May," Aqua said.

"Who?" Gunnora asked, leaving Aqua in complete disbelief.

"Your daughter, May Marigold," Aqua elaborated. "Member of the Happy Huntresses. Left the family because you refused to accept her."

"We don't have a daughter," Robert said. "You must be referring to Mark. It's unfortunate that you choose to entertain his delusions that he is somehow a woman. Make no mistake, we did not disown him because he became a Huntsman, nor is our 'acceptance' of him an issue. We simply chose to distance ourselves from him until he grew out of his wild fantasies and joined the rest of us in reality."

"Unbelievable," Aqua said, gritting her teeth to try to contain her growing anger at these people. "This is exactly what I was talking about. Why would I want any part of this? You may have trouble believing this, Jacques, but I'll explain it you as clearly as I can. I wasn't born in Atlas. I was born in a settlement outside the kingdoms and raised in a temple that followed the old ways of apprenticeship rather than attending a school to train Huntsmen. My Semblance may be similar to the Schnee Family's, but that's it. And being raised like that helped me to learn what's really important in life, and it's not any of this.

"I have no interest whatsoever in your company. I don't care about your money, your status, or your ambitions. Not only that, but I also don't have a drop of Schnee blood, so I am in no way related to any of you." Aqua suddenly smirked. "Or, to be more precise, I have no relation to your wife or your children, since you don't have any Schnee blood either. You married into the family. Luckily, I have no relation, which is a huge relief." She stopped and looked at Weiss. "No offence, Weiss."

"Shut up!" Jacques shouted, slamming both hands on the table. "How dare you insult me in my own home?!"

"A home you invited me into so you could try to threaten and intimidate me to soothe your precious ego and your paranoia," Aqua said as she stood up. "And it's clear that my invitation has expired. So I will be going back to the Academy now."

"You think you can just walk away from me?" Jacques demanded, clenching his fists. "Do you know who I am?"

"I know precisely who you are and that's why I have no fear. You can take your complaints about me to General Ironwood and see if he does anything about it. As for me, if you try to seek some form of retribution from me by all means you're welcome to try while I'm still at the Academy. I won't run or hide from you. And when I do leave, I promise that I will never set foot on Atlas ground again." Aqua pushed her chair back against the table. "You can keep whatever money you offered to pay for my transportation. I won't be needing it."

Jacques snarled as he stood up.

"I will make your life miserable!"

Aqua stopped at the door and looked over her shoulder, smiling as she let out another chuckle.

"I look forward to the day you try, Mister 'Schnee'."

"Nothing," Jaune said, looking dejected at the lack of medical supplies.

"We should get back to Cloud," Ruby said. They found Cloud leaned up against the husk of a tree, Uncle Qrow changing out his bandages. He seemed to be just barely conscious.

"You find anything?" Uncle Qrow asked. Ruby shook her head. "Damn it. I don't know how much longer he has."

A creature suddenly let out a loud roar in the distance. Jaune immediately went for his sword as he looked around.

"It's far off," Ruby said, trying to calm him down.

"I know, but Ren and Nora are still out there," he said. Ruby looked sadly back at Cloud.

"I'm starting to think this whole thing was a mistake," she said.

"What do you mean?" Uncle Qrow asked.

"I don't know if I was ready for an adventure like this," she elaborated. "Fighting Heartless is one thing, but now I've got people like that Tyrian guy after me, and I got my friends involved, and Cloud was poisoned defending me."

"Hey, Ruby, we chose to come," Jaune said, trying to reassure her. "You didn't get us involved. We're happy to help you."

"But that was before we learned about Tyrian! A-And Salem!" Ruby said. "We weren't ready for this!"

"Did your mom ever tell you that when she first left the Land of Departure, the only spell she knew was Blizzard?" Uncle Qrow asked, surprising Ruby. "She was already a Master at that point, but it wasn't until she went out into the world, or, well, worlds, that she realized how unprepared she was. But you know what?"

"What?" Ruby asked.

"She didn't give up. She kept going, even when things were tough." He put a reassuring hand on her shoulder. "If there's one thing you get from her, it's her tenacity. You got that from both of your moms. Things may seem hard now, but trust me, you'll make it. Hell, I don't think there's anything that can keep you down."

She smiled up at her uncle gratefully, until they heard Cloud start to stir.

"He…" Cloud said.

"Hold on, don't try to speak," Jaune said.

"He's… he's close," Cloud managed to say. "We… need to… run."

"What are you saying?" Ruby asked.

"I can… Feel him," Cloud said, struggling to get up.

"Hey, don't move!" Uncle Qrow scolded. "You'll just speed up the poison!"

"No, you don't understand," Cloud said, before coughing again. "He's here." Ruby's eyes widened.

"You mean…"

"Sephiroth."

Lie was woken up by his mother frantically shaking him.

"Lie, get up," she said. "We have to go."

"Mother?" he asked, still groggy.

"Now, right now, okay?" she said, picking him up and pulling him out of bed. "Let's go!" Father burst into the house from outside, breathing heavily.

"Li!" Mother shouted.

"An, what are you doing?!" Father shouted. "We need to hurry!"

"We can go to the safehouse!" Lie's mother said.

"No. I saw the beast. We need a Huntsman. And you two need to leave."

"What?" A loud roar suddenly emanated from outside, startling the family.

"Mother?" Lie asked, looking up at his mother in fear. She kneeled down to get eye-level with her son.

"It's okay, darling," she said. "Everything's okay."

…

Those were the last words his mother ever spoke. Right after she finished speaking, the roof collapsed, crushing her instantly. Lie was knocked unconscious.

When he awoke, his was being carried in his father's arms, screams echoing throughout the town. He could see blood pouring out of a wound above his left eye.

There were flames everywhere.

"Father?" Lie asked. "What… Where's Mother?" His father didn't answer. "What's going on?! Where's Mother?!" There was a sudden rumble along the ground, causing Father to trip and making him drop Lie. "Father!"

"Lie, you have to run," Father said.

"No," Lie said, moving next to his father. "Don't. Please. Get up!" Lie looked up, seeing the Grimm that caused all of this. It was massive, and looked like a hellish horse, with a ghoulish humanoid figure growing out of its back, as if it was riding the horse.

"Listen to me, son," Lie's father said. "You have to be brave now. Do you understand?"

"No, please," Lie said, shaking his head furiously. "Please, I can't!" His father took a knife out from a sheath on his hip.

"Yes, you can!" His father said, putting the knife in his hands and shoving him away. "Take action, son." His father managed to stumble to his feet, before looking down at Lie. "Your mother and I love you."

"Father…" Lie said, gripping the knife tightly and fighting back tears. The large Grimm stomped behind them. Lie's father turned around and readied his bow.

"Go!" he shouted, firing an arrow. "Run!"

Lie followed his father's instructions, running and hiding underneath steps near the town's waterway. He could hear Grimm flying above him, but sobs caught his attention. He looked across the waterway and saw the poor girl from before, crouching underneath a building. A large Nevermore was perched on top of the building, trying to peck at her.

Lie could see the giant Grimm walking around, his father nowhere to be seen.

That was when he knew.

His father was dead.

There was no longer any stopping the tears.

Lie started to cry, the panic and anguish finally overtaking him.

But then, curiously, he was suddenly filled with a sense of tranquility.

He quickly ran over to the building where the girl was hiding, the Grimm completely ignoring him. When he reached the girl, he put a hand on her shoulder.

"Hey!' he said, startling her. "We have to be brave." The Nevermore cried out again, prompting the girl to wrap her arms around Lie. After a second to get over his surprise, he returned the embrace, before that same sense of calm enveloped them both. The Nevermore looked around in confusion, before it took off and flew away. The Giant horse Grimm walked dangerously close to their hiding spot, before it, too, left.

"I'm scared…" the girl said.

"Me, too," Lie answered. Lie spotted the wooden hammer on the ground near them, and moved to pick it up, only for the girl to grab his arm. "It's okay," he said, The girl reluctantly let him go, allowing him to pick up the hammer. "We'll keep each other safe." He offered the hammer to her, which she reluctantly accepted. "What's your name?"

"Nora," the girl answered.

"My name's Lie Ren."

For the first time, and certainly not the last time, Lie Ren smiled at Nora Valkyrie.

James looked at the report in front of him in annoyance. There were more protests down in Mantle, trying to get him to lift the Dust Embargo.

He honestly didn't know why Clover bothered giving him these reports. He had far more important things to worry about than how the people in Mantle felt about him.

He was trying to make sure they were all still alive to keep complaining.

"James, I demand something be done about her!" Jacques Schnee suddenly yelled, waltzing into James's office completely unannounced.

James pinched the bridge of his nose.

"Done about who, Jacques?" James asked.

"That Aqua Branwen woman!" Jacques said, surprising James. "I demand that she be deported from Atlas this instant!"

"What did she do to piss you off so much?" James asked, trying to hide his amusement.

"She thinks she can make a fool of me in my own home. She's up to something, I just know it. She's weaseling her way close to my daughter, trying to turn her against the family. I worked too hard to have it all undermined now, and I need that woman gone!"

"Well, unfortunately, I can't allow her to leave Atlas," James said. "She's too important."

"How?"

"She has a power that I'm very much interested in," James explained. "For that reason, I have no intention of allowing her to leave Atlas anytime soon."

"Well, then you need to tell her that," Jacques said, "Because she insists that she'll be leaving Atlas whether I want her to or not."

"Yes, well, she's not aware yet of how permanent her stay will be," James said. "She wants to leave to go back to her family, but I can't let that happen until I get what I need from her. Unfortunately, she's not making this process easy."

If only she would just cooperate! James didn't want to have to get forceful with her, especially since she was the wife of such a critical ally, but he was starting to run out of options.

Jacques put a hand to his chin in thought.

"Unless we do something about her," he said.

"What do you mean?" James asked.

"Well, I don't necessarily need her gone, per se," Jacques elaborated. "I just need her to know her place. You need her to stay put. I think we can come to an agreement over how exactly we can both get what we want."

James leaned forward on his desk, steepling his fingers in front of his mouth.

"What exactly did you have in mind?"

"We never get the easy path, do we?" Ren asked as he and Nora traversed the mountainous path. He had to admit, Jaune and Qrow were right. There was no way they would be able to get Cloud through here.

He just couldn't go back to that town.

"Easy's no fun, anyway," Nora responded. "You okay."

"Mhm," he said with a nod. "And you?"

"I've got you here, don't I?" She said, leaving Ren at a loss for words. "Come on. There's more than one way up a mountain." Ren watched her keep walking, a smile creeping its way onto his face, only to be lost when he heard the sound of thunder.

"Hey!" Nora called out to him. "There's wind blowing out of this cave!" Ren caught up with Nora, seeing that she did in fact find a cave. "Think it might lead to the peak?"

"I suppose there's only one way to find ou—ah!" he said, only to be interrupted when a piece of fabric blew out of the cave and cover his face. Nora, bless her heart, stood there and laughed at him. "Yes, yes, very funny," he said, only to freeze when saw that he was holding a flag with a familiar symbol.

"Hey, what's wrong?" Nora asked.

"This is the symbol for Shion Village," he said.

"Shion?" Nora asked. "But that's… that's the village where we found the Huntsman. It's weeks away from here!" Ren dropped the flag and ran into the cave. "Ren! Wait!" Nora called after him. He stopped in the middle of the cave, seeing various weapons piled up on the ground. "Oh my gosh…"

Ren bent down and picked up an arrow. A very familiar arrow. That's when he saw the hoof print.

Ren bolted out of the cave, looking down over the forest.

He could see the tress shaking, the movement heading towards Kuroyrui.

"No…" Ren said. He felt Nora take his hand, and he instinctively squeezed back.

In the distance, they could hear the Nuckelavee roar.

AN: So the names of May's parents were based off the names of Maid Marian's parents from the Robin Hood story, since that's who May is based off of.

I don't really have much else to say about this chapter, other than reiterating that I don't agree with the Marigolds' mindset.

Happy Pride Month, to all those that celebrate it!

As always, thank you very much for reading, and I'll see you all next time!