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[ever_lovin]

Ben woke up this morning to one more surprise from bar. He didn't think he'd get another choice for what body to wear for his last day of CubeFall but he's not gonna complain.

So today there is a 12 years old Ben sitting in a booth reading the Dangerous Book for Boys and absentmindedly eating from a towering stack of flap jacks that are about to

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[dean_o_dell]

Cyrus, working on a somewhat smaller lunch, notices the kid. Older than his stepson, younger than his son, and apparently a boy scout. "My sons went out for scouting," he notes.

[ever_lovin]

"They make it back?" Ben can't help replying.

[dean_o_dell]

Cyrus tries not to glare. "It didn't stick with my older son. My younger...well, he was the good one."

[ever_lovin]

"Sorry. I couldn't resist."

"Say, you wouldn't be Jack Dempsey would you?"

[nothawkingbird]

She didn't recognize him, and he'd certainly not recognize her either like this. But there was a blue jay now flapping down on the table, and looked to nip pieces of the sweet syrupy flapjacks.

[ever_lovin]

"Hey! Get yer own flap jacks!" Ben yells out and waves his arms.

Ben's feeling full but those are his flap jacks!

[nothawkingbird]

"Like you're gonna eat all of it anyway," The bird huffed, but hopped back a few steps to look at him. Head tilting from side to side.

[ever_lovin]

Great a talking fox yesterday and a talking jay today.

"If you can talk why didn't you ask?" Ben retorts.