It had been a little over a week since the incident with Summer. She still wasn't speaking to him at all. Thankfully his Grandfather has forgiven him, but that could just be because he said he needed Morty's help with something. He really hoped Rick didn't randomly show up and drag him through a green portal. Especially since Morty was in baking class right now, he was excited because they were doing more piping today.
"Ok class, let's say I baked a pie, and I realized it was nauseatingly sweet, I had put waaay too much sugar in it and my guests are due to arrive any minute, so I have no time to remake it, I have to fix this and fast, how would I fix it? " Miss Bloomingdale asked. Both Stacy and Morty raised their hands. But he did it slightly faster.
"Morty" she pointed at him.
"Y-you could either add something acidic like lemon juice,o-or you could add a little salt" Morty answered.
"Correct, good job Mr Smith" Miss Bloomingdale nodded her approval. Just then Miss Bloomingdale was paged over the intercom. "What in the world, I'll be right back class" she huffed in annoyance before leaving the classroom.
"Good job Morty, you really know a lot about baking" Abigail said.
"Ugh, why don't you just suck him off already" Stacy rolled her eyes. Both Abby and Morty were red as apples.
"Wha-what!? Why would you say that!? You are disgusting" Abby turned to glare at her.
"You've been kissing his butt ever since he joined this class, it's obvious you like him, so why don't you just screw him already, here I'll turn away if you guys wanna have a quickie before Bloomingdale returns" Stacy smirked. Morty was flushed with embarrassment, why was she talking this way.
"Ew! Will you stop already, it's called being nice, maybe if you tried it, people would like you more" Abby crossed her arms.
"Pfft, I don't need people to like me, I'm rich and beautiful, I have all I need to succeed in life" Stacy waved a hand dismissively.
"Yea, like money makes the world go around, it takes a little more than looks and money to succeed" Abby told her.
"Spoken like a true ugly broke person" Stacy said sassily.
"You know, having more money doesn't make you better than someone, being virtuous is what's most important" Abby said. Morty agreed heartily. He believed being kind to everyone was the key to a happy life. After all, when you are a light in the darkness other people may start to shine too.
"T-that's right, if people were kinder, imagine how much better a place the world would be" Morty said. Stacy started laughing in a loud and over dramatic fashion.
"You two sound like broke losers, who think your "kind heart" is going to get you places, well it's not, I know Abby is poor but what about you Marty? Are your parents broke?" Stacy asked him.
Morty had to think about it for a minute, he really wasn't sure. His mom was the sole breadwinner in his family, but he always had what he needed, he never went hungry, he always had clothes on his back. So what made one… broke? When he thought of poor he thought of people who were hungry and homeless. Obviously he has no idea how much money his parents have, but he is always taken care of.
"Um earth to Marty, it wasn't that difficult of a question" Stacy broke into his thoughts.
"I-It's Morty, and I-I'm not sure, I mean I always have what I need" Morty answered honestly.
"Haha! Spoken like a poor person, I pity you, so broke you don't even know you're broke" Stacy laughed.
"No, he means that all his needs are met and that's all that matters, not all of us are high maintenance brats that need tons of money to feel validated " Abby said. Stacy glared at her.
"Oooooh, I see what this is about, you're jealous of me, you wish you had what I have, you know how the spring formal dance is coming up, well my mom is taking me to Prada to shop for my dress and shoes, and she also got me an appointment at the Chandelure hair salon, it normally takes months to get an appointment, but they booked me right in, I love having money" Stacy bragged.
"And you are just mad because your mom is going to take you to some crappy thrift store, to pick out a five dollar dress because that's all she can afford" Stacy said in a snotty tone.
"Oh! That's right I forgot, you're a dumb country hick, so is your memaw going to sew it for you?" Stacy said in a mock country accent. At this point Abby's eye was twitching. Morty was afraid they were about to fight, where is the teacher? He glanced nervously at the door.
"You know what I think! I think you are a sad insecure trash heap! That's why you put others down and act like you are better than everyone! Deep down you know you're a slimy douchebag and nobody will ever like you! That's why you put on this mean girl act! Well climb off your high horse and shut up already! Not a single person here envies you! I'd rather be a broke ugly girl than a pretty wealthy witch!" Abby yelled at her.
Stacy actually looked taken aback for a moment. She just huffed and looked the other way. And not a moment too soon as Miss Bloomingdale returned. Abby lifted her head triumphantly before turning her attention to the teacher. Morty was honestly impressed, she had managed to shut Stacy down and leave her with nothing to say.
"Sorry about that class, let's get started, I'm sure you've noticed that you have little cakes in front of you, I would like you to pipe flowers on it, whatever flowers you want, it just needs to be a floral design, ok go" Miss Bloomingdale said.
Floral patterns were one of the more difficult designs. He held his piping bag parallel to the cake and piped in an arch to form a petal. Then he repeated that around the whole cake using different colored icings. He piped a tiny dot of brown icing in the center of the flowers. He looked at it and cocked his head. He felt like he could have done a better job. Piping was definitely something he was still working on. He didn't have the supplies to practice at home. He imagined that Stacy and Abby did since they did a much better job than him.
"Alright class, remember the contest is coming up next week, so it's time to decide on what kind of cake you will make, I can't wait to see what you come up with, I know you will all do great" Miss Bloomingdale said. Just as Morty was leaving he felt a tap on his shoulder. He turned to see Abby standing there.
"Hey Morty, um my mom is making her famous shepherd's pie tonight, would you like to come over and give it a try?" Abby asked shyly.
"S-sure if my parents let me" Morty said.
"Ok great! Here's my number so you can let me know what your parents say" Abby gave him a small slip of paper with her phone number on it. Then they walked together to the next class.
"What a minute! A girl actually invited you over for dinner!?" Beth was shocked. Morty had just asked his parents if he could go have dinner with Abby and her family.
"Is Morty actually getting a girlfriend?" Jerry asked his wife.
"I-It's not like we're dating, her parents own this diner and she wanted me to try their food" Morty wondered why his parents were making such a big deal out of it. Just then his grandfather came in from the garage.
"Did I just hear you guys say that Morty has a girlfriend?" he asked. His mom and dad nodded. "Whoa Morty, I just assumed you would have to make love to your pillow for the rest of your life, how did you manage to score a real live girl?" Rick asked. Morty's cheeks burned as he blushed.
"Grandpa! T-the only thing I-I do to my pillow is lay my head on it, also she isn't my girlfriend" Morty was beginning to regret asking.
"Man I would love to see how you screw this up, let the kid go, if anything so we can watch him come home in tears after he says something really stupid and this girl no longer speaks to him" Rick said.
"Ok Morty, you may go have dinner with this girl" Beth said.
"Thanks mom" Morty said. He texted Abby to let her know that his parents said it was ok. And she texted him back the time they would be having dinner and the address. Morty was up in his room putting his backpack up. When his dad came in.
"Hey son, can I talk to you for a moment? Father to son?" Jerry asked.
"O-ok dad" he responded. And they sat on the edge of his bed.
"Now son, if you decide that you want to…you know "be with" this girl, I can give you some tips" his dad did air quotes. Morty was confused, he wasn't sure what his dad was saying. Then a moment later it hit him.
"I-It's not like that! B-besides her parents are going to be there" Morty wished everyone would drop this notion that he wanted to do certain things with Abby.
"Oh that's nothing, in fact me and your mom did it right in the other room from her mother" his dad smirked proudly.
"Ew dad! T-too much information" Morty covered his ears.
"Right sorry son, back to your dinner tonight, in case you decided you want to wink wink nudge nudge, just say you need to use the bathroom and ask her if she'll show you were it is, then you spring it on her, next thing you know you'll be deep inside her filling her to the brim with your seed" his dad said.
Ewwwwwww! Dad w-why!? Can we please end this conversation" Morty was deeply disturbed.
"Ok ok no more, come on champ, I'll drive you" his dad lightly punched his arm. Even if it was over a disturbing topic he was happy when he got to have moments like this with his family. They got in the car and drove to the address he was given. It was a fairly large house out in the country. He got out of the car and waved goodbye to his dad.
"Bye son! Have fun!" his dad called out the window before driving off. Morty went and rang the doorbell, moments later Abby answered.
"Hey Morty! Thanks for coming!" she hugged him. "Come on in" she motioned for him to come inside. He went inside and was greeted with an amazing aroma. Abby led him to the dining room where her father was sitting.
"Sit anywhere you like" Abby said as she took her seat. Morty sat down on the cushioned dining chair. Just then Abby's mother came out and sat a glass dish down in the middle of the table. She sat down and smiled warmly at him.
"Hi, I-I'm Morty, thanks for letting me have dinner with you" Morty introduced himself.
"So you're the boy that our Abby won't shut up about" her mother said.
"Mooom" Abby blushed.
"Well it's nice to meet you sweetie, you can call me Bonnie, and this is my husband Jim" Bonnie said.
"Nice to meet you" Jim said.
"I-It's nice to meet you sir and ma'am" Morty said.
"Oh please dear, call me Bonnie" she said as she started serving food to everyone. A steaming hot plate of shepherd's pie was put in front of him. It made his mouth water it smelled so good.
"It's custom in the south that guests eat first" Bonnie said. Morty took a bite out of his pie. It was absolutely delicious and he had to fight the urge to hungrily devour the food.
"W-wow, this is amazing Bonnie" Morty said. She smiled at him.
"Oh Morty! I made my grandma's famous and a real staple of the south pecan pie, you must try it" Abby said.
"I-I'll try it" Morty said.
The table was lively with chatter as they ate dinner. It was a stark contrast to the silence Morty was used to at home. It was nice to see a family actually talking to each other and acting like they enjoyed each other's company. He appreciated that her parents included him in the conversation and seemed genuinely interested in getting to know him. After they finished dinner Abby went and got him a plate of pecan pie with a scoop of ice cream on top. It was also delicious.
"Man, y-you guys are spoiling me with all this delicious food, t-thanks again for letting me join you for dinner" Morty said. A while later he and Abby were sitting out on the porch enjoying the sunset. It looked stunning out in the country. With no city lights he can't imagine how beautiful the starry nights must be.
"I can't wait until the lightning bugs come out" Abby said. Morty could detect a hint of southern drawl.
"Lightning bugs?" Morty was confused. He had never heard of such a thing.
"Fireflies, in the south we call them lightning bugs, I love to watch them glow in the summer evenings, I also like to catch and release them" Abby smiled fondly. They sat there in silence watching the ever darkening evening sky. He noticed she was looking at him, he smiled at her.
"Hey, there's something I've been wanting to ask you, will you go to the spring formal dance with me?" Abby asked him. He couldn't believe that he was being asked to the formal dance. Imagine what his parents will say.
"Y-yea sure, I'd like that" Morty said. Her eyes lit up and she hugged him tightly. He blushed.
"Oh thank you Morty! Thank you! This will be so fun!" she jumped up and down excitedly. She ran inside pulling him behind her to tell her parents the good news.
They all had some more pie to celebrate. Finally Morty's dad came to pick him up. He said his goodbyes and thanked her mom for cooking again. Then his dad took him home. He was immediately bombarded with questions on how the dinner went. His grandpa seemed disappointed that he hadn't ruined it by saying something stupid. Later that night he was in his room getting ready for bed when his grandfather came into his room.
"Here, I've been meaning to give this to you" he handed Morty a small gold ring with the heart shaped gem they had gotten from that weird stuffed animal planet set in the middle of it.
"Remember, only use this in an emergency, only if you are in a pickle with no way out, only when push comes to shove, got it Morty?" he put his hands on Morty's shoulders. Morty nodded.
"W-what does it do?" Morty asked.
"You'll know when you need it" Rick said before walking out. Morty frowned, now that concerned him. For all he knew it would destroy the universe. Who knows what kind of crazy contraption his grandfather cooked up. He carefully set the ring on his nightstand as if it would explode or something if he wasn't careful. Then he got in his bed and pulled the cover over him, he soon drifted off to sleep.
"Morty wake up" he heard Rick's voice. He opened his eyes and tried to wipe the sleep away from them. He looked at the clock, 5:20am.
"G-grandpa? Why so early? I-it's not time for school yet" his voice was still hoarse from sleeping.
"You're not going to school today, you agreed to help me with this next mission, so come on, up and at em, let's go" Rick yanked his blanket off his bed.
He got up and got dressed, he stuffed the ring into his jean pocket. And joined his grandfather downstairs, he grabbed an apple juice pouch from the fridge and they got in his grandfather's ship. They made a brief stop at Wcdonald's to get some fuel for the mission. He got a Wcgriddle and Rick got a Wcmuffin. He just loved the pancake breakfast sandwich. He realized he had no idea what this mission was about; he never asked Rick about it. He decided to eat his Wcgriddle in silence, he'll know soon enough. After a while of space travel they arrived at a snow white planet. Rick guided his ship down onto a snowy landscape.
"Here, you'll need this" Rick gave him a warding ring of cold protection.
With this handy thing who needed a jacket. He put the ring on, a faint force field appeared around him before disappearing. They exited the ship, and Morty was amazed to find he wasn't freezing his butt off. Snow crunched underfoot as they trudged through the snow. He looked around at the beautiful winter wonderland. Snow glistened in the sunlight, and the trees had leaves encased in ice. They would occasionally pass some frozen puddles of water, eventually they came to what appeared to be some kind of village, snow covered stone houses lined the pathway. Strangely no one was around, he supposed in a cold climate like this people would be out and about as little as possible. In the distance he could see a stunning ice castle.
"That's where we are headed, the King and Queen live there, they have a thing called nevermelt ice, I could use it to power my freeze ray, think about it, with ice that never melts I would never have to go to that stupid intergalactic convenience store and by some really expensive frozone" Rick said.
Morty nodded now he understood what the mission was. They approached the palace, there were two guards in front of the massive door. They looked like lizard people. They stood at least six feet tall and had white scales, they had long reptilian tails and clawed feet and hands. They donned armor and swords as well as silver shields. Morty thought it weird that they lived here, lizards were usually cold blooded, so he figured a cold climate would be the last place they would want to live, be he guessed they were acclimated to this type of place.
"Hey Rick, how are you man?" one of the guards greeted him. They did a weird handshake. He was not surprised that they knew his grandpa.
"Are you here to see the King and Queen?" the other asked.
"Yes, I have a favor to ask them" Rick responded. They were led inside the ice palace. The castle was bustling with activity as guards rushed around. Something was obviously wrong. They were taken to the throne room. Where the King was consoling the sobbing Queen.
"King Shiverthorn, Rick is here to see you" one guard said. The king looked up from his sobbing wife, he looked exhausted. Morty couldn't help but notice how fancy the king and queen looked. The king was wearing a blue and silver ensemble with silver tassels hanging off the bottom of the coat and silver buttons on the coat. He had on a silver crown. The queen was wearing a blue gown with silver patterns. She had on silver and sapphire jewelry. She had a silver tiara adorned with sapphires.
"Ah yes Rick, what brings you to our humble castle?" he gave a weary sigh.
"I'm here to get some nevermelt ice, I need it for my freeze ray, do you know where I can get some?" Rick asked. The Queen took her head out of her hands.
"I have the only nevermelt ice here in my necklace, my King gave it to me as a wedding present" she showed them an ornate silver necklace with what looked like a hailstone as the pendant.
"We are in crisis, our beloved Princess Icewing was kidnapped!" the queen began sobbing again. Morty felt bad for them, it must be devastating to have a child go missing.
"Tell you what, if you help bring our little hatchling back to us, we'll give you the nevermelt ice" King Shiverthorn said. Rick looked annoyed, there was always something extra it could never be a simple mission.
"Fine we'll help, do you have any idea who is responsible for the kidnapping?" Rick asked.
"A big ice dragon has been attacking our village lately, the people are too scared to leave their homes, we've sent our bravest knights, but none have returned and the dragon keeps attacking, he carried our Icewing off into the night, we tried to stop him but there was little we could do" Shiverthorn looked down shamefully.
"Uh if a dragon carried her off, don't you think she is most likely dead at this point" Rick stated matter of factly. Morty shot him a glare. He should have been more tactful. He didn't have to sound so cold and uncaring.
"No, if a dragon is going to kill they kill, if they carry you off they are adding you to their hoard, dragons are hoarders, so he is adding our hatchling to his hoard as a show of dominance, oh please you must rescue her" Shiverthorn looked at them with pleading eyes.
"Ok I rescue your hatchling and you give me the nevermelt ice" Rick confirmed. The royal couple nodded.
So they set out, riding giant snow leopards courtesy of the king and queen. They were headed in the direction that the king said the dragon had gone. Morty thought it was really fun to be riding on the back of a snow leopard, the queen told him the one he was riding was named Snow Angel. They trekked on for what seemed like an eternity. He felt bad for his snow leopard, he wondered if Snow Angel was starting to get tired after all that traveling. But the leopard kept on going with no sign of stopping. Dark clouds had rolled in and it was starting to snow.
"Looks like we got some bad weather rolling in, we better look for shelter" Rick said.
By the time they found a cave to shelter in, there was a full blown blizzard, driving snow made it to where they could barely see their hands in front of their faces. They made it into the safety of the cave. Rick started a fire. Not for warmth as the warding rings protected them from the cold, but for light it would soon be night. Morty was starving, that Wcgriddle he had hours ago was long gone. Rick handed Morty a can of beans. He opened the can and hungrily ate the cold beans. Morty felt guilty that they were stopping and resting while the Princess was possibly in danger. Rick reached into his coat pocket and pulled out a little cube he typed something into it and suddenly two bedrolls appeared. He handed one to Morty, they rolled their bedrolls out.
"I-I feel so guilty, we are here safely in this cave, while the Princess is alone and scared in some dragon den" Morty said.
"Calm down Saint Morty, the dragon is hoarding her, which means no harm will befall her, besides we couldn't continue even if we wanted to, in case you haven't noticed there is a blizzard out there, so try and get some rest, no point in stressing about it" Rick said as he rolled over on his side with his back to Morty.
Morty looked out the entrance of the cave and saw a world of white. That's all he could see was white. He knew Rick was right but it didn't make this any easier. He ran his fingers through Snow Angel's soft pelt to soothe his anxiety. She purred and rubbed her head against his hand. He laid on his back and tried to get some sleep. His grandfather did wake him up at five in the morning after all. He tossed and turned unable to get comfortable.
In all his adventures with his grandpa this was the first time he had to sleep away from home. He had to admit he was kinda scared, he felt exposed sleeping in this cave, who knows who or what could creep in here. There were no doors, no locks, just a wide open entrance. He knew Rick was armed, but he wouldn't be able to protect him right now, he glanced over at his grandpa's sleeping form. Maybe Snow Angel would keep him safe, but all he heard coming from her were snores. So if something were to happen only he was awake right now. He shuttered to imagine what could happen while they slept, someone or something could get the drop on them.
He got up and drug his bedroll to the farthest end of the cave. He was hidden a little better back here. He laid back down and let out a yawn. Finally he fell into a dreamless sleep. When he awoke it was still dark out, the fire had died and it was pitch black, he panicked for a brief moment forgetting where he was. Now he was even more scared over here by himself, following the sound of his grandfather's snores he made his way back over to where he originally was. He scooted as close to Rick as he could. Feeling soothed by his closeness he fell back asleep.
Morty wasn't sure how long he had slept when he felt something hit him. He let out a startled scream and began helplessly flailing his limbs in a lame attempt to defend himself, his worst fear had come true, something had come into the cave and attacked them while they slept. He was too scared to open his eyes and see his attacker. His grandpa must already be dead if he isn't saying or doing anything. This is it, he's doomed, he's going to die. Suddenly he heard his grandfather burst into a weezing fit of laughter.
"WHAT WAS THAT!? That was the worst defensive move I've ever seen…..you look so stupid right now…you look like you are having a seizure" he said in between bouts of laughter. Morty immediately stopped his flailing and blushed in embarrassment. He opened his eyes and realized that Rick had thrown a rock on him.
"T-that wasn't funny grandpa! I-I was really scared" Morty got up and rolled up his bedroll.
"Stop being such a weiner and lighten up a bit, look the blizzard has stopped so we can continue on our way" Rick said. Morty looked and saw it was a bright sunny morning outside.
They packed their stuff up, climbed on their snow leopards and continued on their way. Morty hoped nothing else hindered them from reaching the princess. They carried on for hours, it was about noon when they reached some mountains, way at the top of one of the spires he could see an opening.
"That must be the dragon's den up there, come on, let's hurry up and rescue this brat so I can get my nevermelt ice and we can shun this place forever" Rick said.
They began climbing the mountain. The ground got farther and farther below them, Morty gulped and tried not to look down, he couldn't imagine how high they were, it seemed as if the peaks touched the clouds. He felt the air getting thinner, it was getting harder to breathe. Finally they reached the opening. They peeked inside, his eyes widened in horror. There was a large white dragon with ice spikes on his wings and ice spines going up his back. His tail also had ice spikes on it. The dragon was pacing back and forth clearly disturbed by something. He could hear the faint cries of a child.
"Ok here's the plan, I'm going to get it's attention while you grab the princess, got it? Don't screw this up" Rick gave him a stern look. Gulping, he nodded. Rick ran into the opening shouting things Morty would rather not repeat. The dragon let out the loudest roar he had ever heard before breathing an icy breath at Rick, he guessed it was an ice dragon's version of fire breath.
"Don't just stand there like a dumb arse! Go!" Rick yelled at him.
He ran into the entrance, there were piles of gold and jewels and other valuable items in the dragon's hoard. He was trying to locate where the cries were coming from. Rick kept shooting at the dragon to keep it focused on him, whilst Morty looked around. Finally he located the cries and spotted a small lizard person child huddled in the corner crying. When she noticed him she shied away and cried harder.
"Shh, i-it's ok, I-I won't hurt you I promise" he soothed. He knelt down to her height, "Aww come here, I-I'm here to help" he said gently as he opened his arms. She hesitated for a moment before running into his arms.
"Shh, y-you're ok, it's alright" he snuggled her against his chest and gently rocked her like a baby.
"For crying out loud, are you going to breast feed her too, hurry up and let's go!" Rick snapped at him as he dodged another ice breath.
He was making his way to the exit when the dragon turned his attention to him and the princess, he let out an angry roar at the fact that Morty was trying to make off with his treasure. He launched an ice breath his way, he screamed like a girl and dodged the attack. Rick tried shooting at him to get his attention back on him, but it was no use, the dragon continued furiously shooting ice at Morty.
He ran behind a mound of gold coins, the dragon came crashing through it sending coins flying everywhere. Morty hugged the princess tight to shield her from any flying coins. Clearly this child was more valuable to the dragon than any of the coins or jewels. The dragon slashed his massive claws at him, it was so close he heard the whistle of his claws as they barely missed him. Too close, way too close, he ran faster. Suddenly a laser beam hit the dragon in his eye, he roared in pain, there was a sizzling black mark where his eye was.
Morty seized this opportunity to get to the dragon's blind side. Rick shot some of the dragon's back ice spines off, which seemed to hurt him. So he focused on using the dragon's ice spines as target practice. While the dragon was distracted Morty snuck out of the den. He wondered how they would escape since the dragon would most likely just chase them once they left. He was starting to fear that they had bitten off more than they could chew. He could hear his grandfather in the den shooting at the dragon. He wondered what he was waiting for, why he hadn't come out yet now that he and the princess were out. Then his grandfather came running out, an icy beam followed shortly thereafter. Rick began shooting laser beams at the roof of the opening, some rocks came loose and came crashing down, blocking the entrance and trapping the dragon inside. The dragon roared angrily, it sounded like he was ramming himself against the rocks.
"Hurry lets go before he breaks out" Rick said. And they began descending down the mountains, there were a couple of times that Morty thought he would go tumbling head over heels down the steep slopes. He held the princess tighter so he wouldn't drop her.
"I-it's ok, you're safe now" Morty comforted her. They climbed on their snow leopards and began the long trek back to the kingdom.
The sun was setting by the time they reached the kingdom. The princess had fallen asleep and Morty was being careful not to wake her up.
"Icewing!" Morty was knocked aside as the king and queen ran over and grabbed their daughter and hugged and kissed her profusely.
"Yea, this is cute and all, but I'm gunna need my nevermelt ice now" Rick said impatiently. Morty elbow jabbed him.
"Here, you earned it" she gave him the necklace. He broke the nevemelt ice pendant off and tossed the chain back to her. The queen briefly looked offended that he had so casually broken something that had sentimental value to her. Morty shook his head. Why did his granddad have to be so rude?.
"Welp, I got what I came for let's go Morty" Rick said as he turned and left.
"I-I'm sorry about that" Morty apologized in Rick's sted. They both chuckled.
"Oh we are used to it, we know Rick can be rather brash" Shiverthorn said. Morty was glad they weren't offended. "Morty come on!" Rick yelled. Morty waved goodbye to the royal family before running after his granddad.
They were on the ship headed home. Morty saw Rick pull one of the ice spines out of his coat pocket.
"Wait, y-you still have one of those things?" Morty asked.
"Of course! I shot this off of a freaking dragon, I'm totally adding it to my collection" Rick looked rather proud of himself. Morty smiled at his grandfather's ridiculousness.