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No diamonds, no dessert.

We're doing well. Morgan and I are preparing some of the menu items for dinner ahead of time. Uncle Mickey and Uncle Remi (Mickey's fiance) will be joining us, as will be Aunt Dierdre and Max's cousins. Max is excited for the parade and the fireworks display later.

Hey, Terry! How are things?

Hey, Clo!

Like you've never tried to impose curfew on Terry?

Pot, meet kettle.

I love you, too, Cupcake.

Would make for a very interesting brownie recipe, I'd imagine.

Now I'm thinking I should have said 'salty'.

They like sweet things.

Hey, Drew! Glad you had fun!

Exactly what is the purpose of that tower? A lookout for fires?

Sounds good. The restaurant where I work is closed on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so we won't be open on the Fourth of July this year. Seems a bit odd, considering how many customers could be served on such a busy holiday, but I'm not complaining. I already have a menu planned: Double cheeseburgers, potato salad, chili-lime corn, and peanut butter-Rice Krispies ice cream sandwiches.

@raven1 Hey, Terry! How are you and Aod?

I can't say I blame either guy for their behavior. Will has mostly negative memories of the Underworld, so he is blind (at first) to its beautiful sides. But Nico thinks of the Underworld as his second home, and he gets annoyed because Will doesn’t seem willing to give it a second chance. It's a test of their commitment to each other: if Will can't look past his bias, can their relationship survive? I don't know if you're reading a hard copy or an ebook, but the copy I read had a particular pattern printed on the pages where the "dream sequences" occurred. I would see the pattern on the paper and say, "Oh, okay, Nico is dreaming now." I think the first person POV works best if there's only one protagonist. With two protagonists, as in The Sun and the Star, readers might be confused which person's story they were reading, unless they checked the chapter headings. So, the story was written in third person POV for the sake of clarity.

I just finished reading this! The depiction of Nyx, goddess of Night, reminds me of Tolkien's Ungoliant, the mother-of-spiders. Both have characteristics reminiscent of a black hole in outer space.

Hey, Terry! How are you and Aod?

No. That's only for Max's benefit.

Well, technically, I'm Daddy; Morgan is Dad. But it still feels amazing to be called that.

Hey, Spunky Drewster!

Max loves strawberries and raspberries, but currants aren't so common around here, sadly. I'll have to see if I can find a berry farm that grows them.