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Wander sighed, eyes half-lidded. He was cozied up in his hat, ready for a night of sleep.. but he just couldn’t. And apparently, neither could Sylvia.
“Wander, buddy, I’m gonna be honest with you. I don’t know how many more wistful sighs I can take. So I’ll shoot; what’s on your mind?” She sounded irritated, but earnestly concerned.
Wander grinned up at her, peeking his arms out of his green refuge to fold them thoughtfully. “Gee, I dunno Syl, I just can’t stop thinkin’ about that Hater!” The zbornak let out a hearty chuckle at the mention. “Yeah, we sure whopped him today huh?”
“Well yeah, but.. I think we’re gettin’ real close to showin’ him how good being good is! Don’t you think he’d be great at bein’ good?”
Sylvia exhaled, laying her head on the soft, wet grass. “I don’t know, buddy. Hater’s pretty.. hateful. Are you really sure about this?”
“ ‘Bout what?”
“Making him all good and stuff. I mean, you saw what happened with Dominator. She didn’t want anything to do with that mushy stuff, what if Hater is the same way?”
Wander’s grin didn’t falter. “Tsk tsk tsk, Sylvia! I can’t believe you have so little faith in Hater. Didn’t you see him save that planet? I could tell from the look in his eye sockets he got a real kick out of it!”
Sylvia rolled her eyes. “Yeah, because he got praise for it.”
“Exactly! If we can get Hater to realize he’ll be happier with friends, he’ll be so elated, he’d just hafta join us!” He grinned, clasping his hands together.
The zbornak smiled just a little, snorting slightly from her nose.
“Yeah, if I didn’t know better I’d assume you were in love with the guy.”
Wander quieted, eventually laughing. “Daw, Syl! I’m just hopeful! Why do you think I kept him going after everything was said ‘n done? Seein’ me is the highlight of his day!”
“Keep tellin’ yourself that, buddy.” Sylvia closed her eyes, drifting off.
Wander silently smiled, whispering. “Goodnight, Syl.”
“Do ya mind tellin’ me where we’re going? I’m kinda in the dark about all this.” Sylvia questioned, glancing around at the galaxy surrounding them. Wander had been pulling her around all morning, insisting they get going as soon as they woke up. Wander hadn’t said a word about their destination.
That was, until he spotted it.
“There! There it is! Let’s go, letsgoletsgo!” He tugged on Sylvia’s reigns, sending her straight at the skullship. She skidded to a halt just outside its field of view.
“Wander, are you crazy!? You’re gonna get us killed!”
Wander didn’t pay attention, looking over her shoulder. “Sylvia, this is important! Do you have any idea what day it is!?”
Sylvia raised an eyebrow. “Wander. What day could possibly be so important, you would risk us getting destroyed by Hater just to experience it!?”
Wander almost exploded. “His BIRTHDAY!” He shouted.
Before Sylvia could object, Wander shot off on his own towards the huge spaceship.
Sneaking past some guards playing cards, he found his way to Hater’s bedroom. This was usually the time he’d hit snooze on his alarm for him, so he was used to it by now.
He pulled a small cake from his hat, a pen, and some paper. He set the cake on his alarm, snoozing it in the process, and wrote him a note. He smiled, gave Captain Tim an unappreciated pat, and ran off before Sylvia got herself in a mess looking for him.
The next morning, Hater woke up to find a furry orange nuisance had been there. How did he know? He left a note.
It read…