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Hm. Perhaps things got crossed. At any rate, Arlo, who I do not know, invited me to Court’s birthday party with other people I do not know. And he was very friendly in conversation and enthusiastic about the time I spent in the Prescott bunkhouse. This is unprecedented in my experience.

~~Are you sure you aren’t in love with Emmett~~ Yes. And you’ve had a recent string of good luck. But still I worry.

Oh. You meant you've never been invited to a cool kid's birthday party. Got it.

I don't know if I'd call it good luck exactly.

You are cool […] in your own unique way. But I was also democratically elected to assist you in leading our community. […] Sometimes it is confusing, what we are to each other outside of this.

Whatever it is, luck or something else, may it continue indefinitely.

Is it?

This I can get behind. We'll let you know how it's looking on the ground out there and about any Furbies and/or glass jars we find.

To me it is.

Oh, you’re serious about the Furby. Well. Thank you.

Because you feel like you need to maintain some level of professionalism, or because it's an obligation?

If we can find one!

Neither. The social rules dictating how aldermen should relate to their mayor are more cognizable to me than the rules about how friendships are made and maintained.

We've known each other a little longer than we've been aldermen.

And it was perplexing for me the entire time. […] I don’t just experience this with you, though. This has been a universal and lifelong issue.

Am I still shooting a turkey?

I knew I was forgetting something important. [...] Probably not the best time ever to go hunting, but I'd like to do dinner.

I mean, I get that. I think generally I just try to assume people do like me until they tell me they don't.

Pink fluffy handcuffs. (Blessedly) they still have the tag on them—Spencer's, of course. Bit dusty and de-fluffed from sitting in a box for at least a year. There is also a note:

THANK YOU FOR THE CHICKEN!!! THIS IS FOR YOUR JAIL!!!!

- Lola B