[The portal blinds them all for a moment as Ford falls through, begging to be saved. Stan keeps a tight hold on Mabel until the machine shuts off again, and Ford's glasses clatter to the floor.
For once though, he listens to both of them. He can think of worse things than most of what they're saying, counters for all of it. Maybe Soos would've found another boss father, and maybe Wendy would have weaseled her way out of logging camp. There are worse things than being stuck in Piedmont, and Mabel wouldn't have known Waddles to miss him. Someone else would've scammed everyone.
But...he wouldn't have gotten to know these two little gremlins. He'd be on the road somewhere, still making a huge mess of his life and everyone else's around him. He wouldn't have these two good kids here trying to talk him down from something Wonderland dredged up.]
...Heh. Guess it does sorta run in the family. And hey, what were they gonna do with that cash anyway? Buy other things?
[He laughs, and now that the machine's broken again he bends down and reaches out to Dipper with one arm, with Mabel still tucked securely in the other, so they can turn this into a group hug.]
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For once though, he listens to both of them. He can think of worse things than most of what they're saying, counters for all of it. Maybe Soos would've found another boss father, and maybe Wendy would have weaseled her way out of logging camp. There are worse things than being stuck in Piedmont, and Mabel wouldn't have known Waddles to miss him. Someone else would've scammed everyone.
But...he wouldn't have gotten to know these two little gremlins. He'd be on the road somewhere, still making a huge mess of his life and everyone else's around him. He wouldn't have these two good kids here trying to talk him down from something Wonderland dredged up.]
...Heh. Guess it does sorta run in the family. And hey, what were they gonna do with that cash anyway? Buy other things?
[He laughs, and now that the machine's broken again he bends down and reaches out to Dipper with one arm, with Mabel still tucked securely in the other, so they can turn this into a group hug.]