From behind his back, he produced a small object, roundish and black and white. It was the cutest plush penguin Rex had ever seen. Rex just stared a moment, and it was like he was being filled with molten lava, all warmth and barely contained heat. “I love it,” he said, reaching out to take the plush penguin. Sanjay smiled, then touched Rex’s hand. “And maybe…we could continue the celebrations…in here?” Rex’s chest seemed to be filled with pulsonium for all that his heart pounded, his mind panicking more than if She Supreme had returned from the grave as a brainwashed zombie intent on his immediate destruction. It had…been a while since his last time. But he managed a nod and followed Sanj forward. The bedroom was remarkably clean, an oasis in the midst of the clutter of the rest of the

