Dendy called T.K.O., relaxing on her stomach and preparing for her hour conversation with him. He was pretty much all that she ever talked about now, along with her science and school. Her parents were glad that she found a friend.

T.K.O. took a while to pick up, but he sounded sore and quiet. "Hey Dendy." His whispery voice made Dendy feel goosebumps on her arms.

"Hi T.K.O., how was today?"

"Eh, problematic." He groaned.

"Oh, what happened?"

"So, I was, uh…talkin' to my dad, wanting to know if I would get a growth spurt soon. And he said… 'No. You'll have to wait until you're older.' Then I asked if my mom was tall and he told me to look it up."

"Wait, did he not like your mother?"

"No! He loved her, he just…he…" There was a long pause. "It's kinda a sore spot for our family." T.K.O. said finally.

"Oh, so-"

"So I go into work, and I'm complaining that I can't reach the top shelf because I had to get rid of the expired junk and Rad threw me some green candy that was supposed to make me bigger."

"You took performance enhancements?" Dendy asked dryly.

"Well-" T.K.O. paused before sighing. "Yeah, but it was candy!"

"What was the shape?"

"It was like a mento in green wrapping, okay?"

"Alright."

"Can I keep telling my story?"

"Yes."

"Okay, so I eat a piece and I grow to the size of Rad. And that's super great! And I was able to do my job. But, the candy was pretty good and-"

"You ate more."

"Yeah… so I some more and they had a delayed reaction, but then I grew to a size where I broke the bodega roof."

Dendy snickered.

"Hey!" T.K.O. hissed, turning red.

"Sorry, did you bump your head?" She asked. She did enjoy physical comedy.

"No I just broke the roof." He growled. "And when I did that, my uncle didn't really like that."

"Your uncle?"

"Laserblast and Doc. Venomous are brothers." T.K.O. explained.

"What? That's so weird!" Dendy said.

"Nah. Uncle Venomous usually takes care of me when it's summer."

"But they don't even look alike!"

"Yeah, Uncle Venomous was in the same experiments as Pird and Boxman. Only my uncle became a were-snake." T.K.O. told her. "Anyways, I grew and I broke the ceiling and, of course, everyone noticed. My uncle did not like having to deal with that."

"So what happened?"

"He sternly talked to me about the damage that I did because I was greedy and explained everything to me until I shrunk down in shame."

"Are you sure it wasn't the candy wearing off?"

"Maybe, but my uncle told me he'd dock my overall pay because of the damage I did until I pay him back. And then my dad reassured Uncle Venomous that he'd…discipline me."

"Oh dear."

"Yeah, I guess that means I can't get that many POW Cards right now." He snickered and Dendy let out a small giggle of her own.

The two continued to talk to each other, with Dendy describing her day with her family and also talking about how she found a creature to observe. She didn't say who, so T.K.O. assumed it was an animal species that lived in the swampy area that Dendy lived in.