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Friday, September 13, 5:56pm

"Hello?"

"Hey, Virgil. Did you make it back to Dakota all right?"

"Yep. I'm back at home, safe and sound."

"That's wonderful. Listen, thank you so much for flying all the way over here. It meant a lot, V."

"I was worried about you. So the simple answer was to come to you."

"There's just one thing I'm worried about."

"What's that?"

"How could we afford two round-trip flights from New York to Arizona?"

"Uh… About that… I never actually said how I flew, now did I?"

"Virgil…"

"You know, I had thought about that, the whole money thing… And I knew we couldn't really afford it…"

"Virgil, what did you do?"

"And so I just hopped on my hover disc and, well… Flew."

"Across most of the United States, Virgil? What would have happened if you ran out of juice? What then? Especially since I didn't know! What if you had crashed or something? What if they found you, weeks later, in the desert, dead from heat exhaustion! What if—"

"Richie! I'm fine. I made it there and back perfectly fine. But wasn't it worth it?"

"…A little…"

"That's what I thought."

Monday, September 16, 9:58pm

"Hey there, V. What's up?"

"…How'd you know it was me?"

"Caller ID, Mr. Superhero."

"Oh. I was going to surprise you."

"With a phone call?"

"Yes."

"What were you planning on surprising me with? Wait, you didn't fly all the way out here again, did you?"

"No, I was going to do a funny voice to see if you could figure out it was me."

"What? Oh, god, V, that's hilarious!"

"Don't laugh at me!"

"I'm not— laughing at you! I'm— laughing— with— you!"

"But I'm not laughing…"

"Ah, thanks, Virgil, a good laugh is exactly what I needed."

"I had a feeling you needed a smile. And who better to deliver it than me?"

Wednesday, September 18, 6:31pm

"Hello?"

"Hey Virgil."

"Ah, I've missed your voice."

"I miss you too, V."

"When are you coming home?"

"Soon, hon. I promise."

"How soon? I miss you. The cat misses you."

"I highly doubt that Fluffy misses me. She would be perfectly content in a world without humans."

"Well, she does. Miss you, I mean. She sleeps on your side of the bed."

"…Really?"

"Yep."

"That is adorable! Make sure to take a picture!"

"Believe me, I already have, like, two hundred pictures of her. But anyways, when does your flight leave?"

"Monday at 4am."

"Ugh, have fun getting up at the crack of dawn, then."

"Gee, thanks."