Epilogue
Wander added a noogie with a bounding leap before Rick discharged his portal gun. Wander dipped his bubble wand into his soapy solution and flicked a bubble around them, waving as they departed. All this happened before Beth and Jerry had returned from their errands, getting full help from Summer and Morty. Rick even lent a hand putting things away but not out of compulsion. He did so because he wanted to. Jerry nearly noticed the 'tricked out' version of the new car but waved it off, thinking no further on the topic. He knew his father-in-law liked to tinker and left it at that.
That evening, the group played an impromptu game of badmitton before indulging in ice cream and calling it a night. After settling in bed, Rick felt a sense of accomplisment and joy (even though he didn't admit it to anyone else but himself). Meeting Wander, strangely, had made him an even better human being. He had opened himself up to being more compassionate, but not to the point of being manhandled. He was still a tough cookie and a crumudgeon through and through, but unconditional love was one constant that the Universe would always reveal to him in ways he never knew possible or probable. That's what made the adventure and peril entertaining.
The End