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"You don't have to be complete to shine!"

Ton looked at all the people who had gathered and he cleared his throat then stepped forward.

"Hello everyone. Thanks for coming out to my launch lunch. Now, I practiced that"

People smiled softly as he grinned then looked back to his speech "Where was I? Ah. Here. Right. My name is Carlton Harkness-Jones. Ton to those who know me because Taddy says I am more than a lapful."

Tittering started as he grinned and pushed his glasses up his nose, back to his notes.

"Right … now. I was a bit worried that it was not finished … I wanted more pages but Taddy told me that the moon does not have to be full to shine down her love on us. I thought about that and saw that he was right. My book might not be as good as some but it is better than some others … well … some I have read that I will not name. Anywhoo … ah … in the way of the Harkness-Jones Clan I thank you all and tell you that there is foodage over there. Taddy did it but I chose the cake. Of course. Please see page one!"

Laughter as everyone knew full well what the first page was and Ton glowed as he looked at all the people there, not just his village but others, some he did not even know and he added "I will talk to all of you and hope you all want to talk to me. I love making friends because that is my favourite thing to do. I do not think I will do another book. I will leave that to Taddy …all that time staring at things get your head a bit mushy ya know."

Soft laughter as everyone watched Ianto face palm over to one side.

"Now … let's cut that cake" Ton pointed at the cake shaped like a book, then he paused "No. Wait … I promised my little brother the last word since he is the cleverest of all of us. Imp, come read your poem that is the apology to the book."

"Epilogue" Imp rolled his eyes and everyone Awwwwwwed as they saw a miniature Ianto, down to the glasses on the end of his nose. A new thing but not a bad thing as he knew all the best people had glasses. Tad. Dad. Ton.

He read his poem and then they cut the cake!

Brilliant.