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“Anne?”

“Yes, boss?”

“The Enchanted Forest is on fire, Anne.”

“I’m aware, boss.”

“Why is the Enchanted Forest on fire?”

“Well, that’s a funny story–”

“Give me the boring version.”

“We were doing Journey #137, the kid overreacted, and apparently the pixies missed that she had a book of matches on her person.”

“Of course they did.”

“So now instead of a valuable lesson about friendship, the kid gets to learn a valuable lesson about fire safety.”

“… no.”

“Yes.”

“Do we have to? That bear is such an insufferable prick.”

“Well, you could explain to head office that we lost an entire forest and nobody learned any lessons at all.“

“… call the bear.”

“Already on it, boss.”