Finny had to be held back by Snaptrap, Kitty and Josie when the guard merely commented that there were plenty of burial holes to choose from. Philip's body was placed carefully in a hole by his African friends. Finny and Snaptrap said a few words in his honor; Finny recalling life lessons his father had instilled in him and Philamina, Snaptrap commenting how Philip Rodentius was the kind of guy he had always imagined his own dad to be like.
Finny slouched over the dinner table, resting his chin on top of his crossed arms. "Finny, why don't you eat something?" a concerned Kitty pushed her tray closer to him.
"I'm not hungry," was all the rat mumbled.
"YOU CALL ME JOCK AGAIN AND I'LL SHOVE YA FACE IN THE BEANS!"
"YOU DO THAT, MUSCLE-BOUND AIRHEAD!"
"Sounds like the boobies are at it again," Chameleon tried to sound light-hearted.
"Do you suppose they're always going to fight like that?" Ollie whispered to Lucia, who merely shrugged.
The two blue-bottomed boobies were indeed fighting again, over what no one could say or even cared. Kitty could not help but compare them to herself and Dudley. I wonder what the nincompoop is up to, anyway she thought.
BirdBrain began howling as Stefania picked him up by the back of his jumpsuit's collar and lower back and tossed him into a table. The male bird landed, beans sliding down his suit and mashed potatoes in his hair. Jumping to his feet, he ran at his rival with swinging fists. Stefania dodged his fists and used her own to punch him in the beak. Guards began filing in before the fight went any further, and the two birds retreated to opposite ends of the room.
Back in Petropolis, Dudley and Salena have long since bought their own house and are now rocking their new-born daughter to sleep for the very first time. "Zorra, such a pretty puppy!" Dudley "whispered" in a sing-song tone (A.N. zorra is the Spanish word for vixen, a female fox). The puppy looked just like her mother, except the tail was shorter. She yawned, blinking her eyes sleepily as she struggled to stay awake.
Salena smiled as she began singing a Puerto Rican lullaby. The melody was soft, and coupled with the rocking of the cradle it soon put the little vixen to sleep.
Elsewhere in Petropolis, Francisco and Francesca were monitoring their five eggs, keeping them warm. Bat and Juanita were still trying to think of names for their baby, which they still did not know if it would be a boy or girl. Sissy, Larry's wife and Snaptrap's little sister, had just realized she was a month pregnant and was excited to tell Larry the news.
And in the mountains, in the renovated Tudor house, Phil sat alone, looking through a photo album with pictures of her missing men-folk; her husband, her brother, and her dad. She was now aware that she was pregnant with triplets, two boys and a girl. She was thinking and naming the girl Phyllis, she had not thought of any names for the boys yet. She was praying her family and friends would return before they were born. A kick alerted her to the present. She smiled and rubbed her growing stomach, "Don't worry, Daddy will be home soon. I hope" she finished more to herself.