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“Winnie brought us cupcakes,” Luna called out as I approached, gesturing at a white bakery box in Winnie’s hands “And she says they don’t have nuts in them!”

“They’re frohtly atthe tiniest catch in ies too, so she’s very careful”

“She said there’s two in the box for each of us” Hallie clapped her hands with excitement

“I wasn’t sure which flavors you’d like, so I just chose soar cookie, chocolate chip pancake, maple bacon cinnamon—”

“Bacon!” Hallie and Luna looked at each other and enerally reserved for meals I’d botched and asked them to eat anyway

“Bacon on a cupcake?” Hallie was incredulous “That doesn’t sound good at all”

Winnie laughed “I know it probably doesn’t to a kid, but I like it”

“You can have that one, Daddy,” Luna said benevolently

It actually sounded fucking great toas I moved around the trio to unlock the front door

“Will you feed our cat?” I heard Luna ask Winnie behind me

“Oh, do you have a cat?”

“No,” I said, giving Luna a lare over my shoulder “We don’t”

“But we et one in the future,” Hallie said

Luna tried again “Will you feed our future cat?”

That h “Future Cat sounds kind of like a cartoon or a superhero Hey, maybe our cat will have superpowers!”

“And we can get it a little cape,” Luna said

“There will be no cats, with or without superpowers,” I announced