【Billdip】Restart

Time Baby was the first to emerge from the crack—half full.Because it was too big and the crack was blocked, they heard a group of people yelling to cheer, and Time Baby tried to pull himself out of it.

It's like a big radish becoming a sperm scene.

Bill moved away from Dipper's lips, and he drew a line, the slit widening with his movement.The time baby and the pile behind him... the time man is rolling around like beans.

Time Baby is no exception. In fact, he rolled better than anyone else, and finally stopped when his head hit the ruins of the "Ring of Gravity Spring".

Mabel couldn't help sighing, "Wow. He must be in pain."

Time Baby wobbled around, muttering something, it was not a good thing after all, Dipper thought, he wiped his mouth, and wrote minus one point in Bill's palm.

The blond demon turned around in shock, "Are you serious?" on his face.

[Move your mouth first, bad review. ] Dipper said in his heart.

【My dear, aren't you cool enough? PineTree, we are entangled, if you are happy, I will not...]

【The fact is that you just move away first, this is the rule;】The young man sticks out his tongue and licks off the blood,【No rebuttal is accepted. My Dear Billy. 】

Bill: […]

Pacifica's face was full of disgust.

"How long are they going to eyefuck? And Mabel, can you stop the timer."

"You don't understand, Parcy. I, Mabel Pines, the human cupid of the 21st century, is dedicated to matchmaking. I'm really excited to see my orphaned brother find someone... no, I can be with someone else." The girl closed the stopwatch , "He finally doesn't have to hang on Wendy. Although this candidate may not even be as good as Waddles."

Over there hooking up, here time the baby finally returned to his usual appearance after going through a lot of flying and jumping.He pretended to be high-pitched and cleared his throat vigorously, his low voice was as loud as an ancient bell.

"Quiet, quiet everyone."

Although Bill didn't like this guy, he had to admit that he was very calm.The large baby waved its fat fist and slapped the mobility device.

"I have something to say."

Wendy thought to herself that you really said it.

"I don't think you are familiar with me. I am TimeBaby, the last blood of the time giant family. Since a long time ago, my people have been responsible for the time and space police."

Bill let out a sneer.

Dipper, who had seen Bill's memory, of course knew what the blond devil was laughing at, and in fact he wanted to laugh too.But Alcor didn't. He lazily hit the ground with the toe of his shoe, stood with his arms folded, and spoke extremely harsh words.

"What policeman? A policeman who doesn't do anything at critical moments?"

Lolph - the face Dipper remembered, who had appeared before him with Blendin - blew his whistle.Wielding a light stick-like baton, he yells at Dipper to "be quiet and listen to the time baby".

Dipper: "...who does he think he's talking to?"

Bill yawned.

"Calm down PineTree, ShootingStar and the others are still here, violence is not good."

Dipper pressed his eyebrows, he didn't want to fight, really.His magic power is still slowly recovering, and he really doesn't want to have such an earth-shattering fight again.Although the time police is really good.

He could only barely control his anger, so that he would not be so...

Then he heard the big-headed baby say, "As a policeman, as a judge, I cannot allow my residents to be surrounded by danger."

Bill sneered: "The biggest danger has been resolved by us, why didn't you see him come to enforce justice just now?"

Time Baby continued:

"So, my verdict is, demons, please leave this universe."

Sword unsheathed.

Alcor didn't listen to the rest of the nonsense, and he didn't want to know—the Time Baby's last words were worth thousands of deaths.

Most of the time, Alcor is a well-mannered demon.In a way, AXOLOTL and Bill sucked away most of his rudeness; the rest was often indignant at his own misery.

Only the Pines family, even if Bill had ten guts, he wouldn't dare to touch them now.

Dipper dared to fall into hell for his family, and also dared to kill gods and demons for his family.

That is the bottom line and reverse scale that the devil will never allow to be touched.

But the time baby ignored the incoming sharp blade.One second before the broad sword wrapped in flames was about to pierce the giant baby's pupils, Time Baby said:

"Of course I know I can't beat you, demons, but I can still do it against the Pines."

The sharp blade stopped in front of the giant baby's eyes in an instant, the tip of the sword trembled, and Alcor's lips trembled accordingly, but finally did not stab.

The golden flames exploded in the depths of the pupils, and the fangs shone disgustingly cold under the stars. Dipper forced his name from the tip of his tongue:

"Time Baby."

He held the sword steadily, and the blue flame could even burn Baby Time's face.Just one more step forward, one small step, and he can make the giant baby's blood splash on the spot.But he can't.

He could only growl, the growl was full of unwillingness, and the anger was burning in the depths.

"Time Baby!"

Dipper hated it to the core.

It dared not come out when dealing with salamanders—not that it couldn't, but that it didn't dare.In the old time and space, these guys dared to challenge Bill Cipher.Because the space-time baby thought that he was familiar with dealing with demons.

But against AXOLOTL, this guy doesn't have that confidence.They made such a big commotion in the crack of time and space, he didn't believe that this guy didn't know.

And now the time baby is here now.

These repulsively complacent time police came with batons and shotguns after they had paid the price in blood and pain.

After everything is over.

After the salamander died.

With the attitude of a law enforcement officer, he came.

The tip of the sword deflected slightly, and the young professor turned his head along with the blade.After the initial rage, calm returned to Professor Pines' brain again, and he retracted his fangs to make himself look less scary.

Dipper spoke, his behavior slow and deliberate, but the hand holding the sword never wavered.

"Time baby," he said, "would you try it?"

Time Baby swayed.

"I'm not that stupid, Mr. Pines. These guys," he pointed at Mabel and the others, "these guys are the most useful when they're alive, aren't they?"

"So, even if I don't listen to you and don't leave this universe, what can you do to me?"

At the beginning, Dipper's voice was mild, but it became more and more sinister in the end.He bit every word extremely hard, and the ending sound was pressed between his teeth, and he pronounced it grinded.

Time Baby suddenly laughed.

"Even if I don't come to you, do you think you will stay in this universe for a long time? Have you forgotten why AXOLOTL was imprisoned here? Do you think that the "world" will allow you and Bill Cipher who swallowed AXOLOTL's power to stay in this universe?" This? The difference is only sooner or later.”

The demon's sclera is dark as night.

"I have ten years left."

Time Babies is an understatement.

"Time means nothing to me."

An astonishing hatred erupted in the devil's eyes. If the hatred could be turned into substance, Time Baby might already be riddled with holes.

"Do you remember Blendin?" Dipper said suddenly, "Your men were killed by me. Won't you avenge him?"

Time Baby was stunned for a long time before he remembered who Blendin was.

"He died in the line of duty, and he accidentally discovered the existence of the salamander, so he was silenced," Time Baby said vaguely, "I will pay a pension for his family."

Silenced?Killed by whom? AXOLOTL or Alcor?

Blendin could die by him, or by Newt.If he agrees to Baby Time's conditions, the latter can cover up Blendin's death as a favor.If he doesn't agree, Time Baby can use Blendin to write a big story.

The dead are always the best trigger.Because they can't speak.

Dipper twitched the corner of his mouth, he really had a new understanding of the time baby's brazenness.He had never imagined that such a brat could have so many dirty thoughts before.

No, he is too stupid.The guy just looks small, who knows if he's as old as he looks.He shouldn't have treated Time Babies really like children in the first place.

This guy has been waiting since the beginning, he's waiting for them to finish Alcor.If AXOLOTL wins nothing can happen, if they win...

He would jump out and threaten himself with the lives of the inhabitants of Gravity Springs.

Because AXOLOTL has no weaknesses.

Alcor has weaknesses.

He forgot, and Bill forgot.These guys call themselves the space-time police. How could they be willing to allow their time and space to be stared at by other races?In the past, AXOLOTL was too strong, and they could only live by pinching their noses.Now he finally has the opportunity to hold the dominance of time and space in his own hands.

This race that once stood by while the demons were being destroyed finally revealed its true colors.The young time giant raised his arms, and the space-time police around him raised their guns and pointed their guns at the unarmed residents of Gravity Springs.

"DipperPines, choose. Do you leave here, or do we die?"

Dipper's face became more ferocious.

He wanted to tear a guy to pieces like never before.He wants this guy to be burned by flames and pierced by a sword, he wants this guy to experience what hell is.

He had never hated a person so much.

The flame faded from the broadsword, as if blown off by the wind, leaving no trace. Dipper lowered his hand holding the sword, his fangs pierced his lips, and two bloodstains slowly flowed down the corners of his mouth.

He said, "Asshole."

The sword pointed at Baby Time's back, and Bill leaned over, showing a hearty smile to the former:

"Yo."

Bill circled Baby Time's shoulders familiarly, looking like a good brother.The blade silently pressed close to the back of the giant baby's heart.

"How about we discuss it?"

McGucket held up the loudspeaker, and he tried to raise his voice, lest the construction crew would not hear him.

"Left! Lean further to the left! Yes, that's it!"

Wendy worked hard to drive the last nail in, and Robbie helped straighten the letters.

Goth heavy metal teen with an unhappy face.

"Why should I help you do this?"

"Please do me a favor, buddy," Wendy jingled the hammer, "Soos is lying on the hospital bed. Stan and Ford are still so old, and when they climb up, their waists will probably be useless."

Robbie pursed his mouth extremely reluctantly, he heard someone calling his name below, and the young man made a V to the camera.

A few seconds later, a notification sound came from the pocket, and Tembry sent a new photo with the words "my boyfriend can do anything".

He whistled.

Wendy's disgusting goosebumps came up over there.

"I'm going to puke," she said.

Robbie didn't take Wendy's complaints seriously at all, and he quickly gave Tembry a thumbs up.Seeing this, the red-haired girl rolled her eyes unabashedly.

"I said buddy, can you come over and help me. We only have one piece left, let's finish it early... Be careful!"

Half a nail couldn't bear the weight of the letter signboard at all, and the huge S immediately fell down. Tembry was still standing below playing with her mobile phone. She was also terrified when she saw the signboard fall, but she had no chance to escape.She could only cover her head with her hands in fear——

"Stay away from the construction site next time, Tembry."

Dipper pointed to the signboard and said, he moved his finger, and S, which was suspended in the air, flew back to its original position with his movement.Not only the letters, but the nails fly out of the toolbox, and they set themselves in place like soldiers, and the hammers clank into action.

With huge wings behind him, Dipper looks like he just got back from town.The young man waved to the top: "Do you want me to help you down?"

Wendy smiled and nodded; Robbie turned her head away, deliberately not looking at Dipper, and muttered that she didn't need your help.

Dipper put the two of them down, but he handled Wendy lightly, and pulled Robbie violently while throwing them in the air.

The second eye shadow teenager threw up the moment he landed.

The Tembry shutter button clicked.

"I'm going to tweet, this will definitely be trending. The topic is called the supernatural boy roller coaster in the sky!"

Robbie held the tree to spit.

"DipperPines you... ugh—"

Wendy didn't take the tragedy of her friend to heart at all. She looked at Dipper and asked, "Did you just go to town to help?"

"I went to help Soos pick up Melody. She found that Soos didn't have a video with her for three consecutive days and felt something was wrong, so she asked for leave." Dipper smiled, and he helped with the finishing touches.With the help of demons, the rebuilding of the house is much faster.

"Uh, she didn't see you like this, did she?"

"Actually, Soos, the big mouth, has already cleared up our affairs with Melody in the email," Dipper pressed his eyebrows, and with a wave of his hand, the last two boards were also put together, "After she got off the train She also asked me if I felt uncomfortable with my wings curled up on my back, and if she could help me make two clothes."

Wendy: "..."

Wendy: "Didn't you tell Soos not to tell others about it... Ahhh that guy is really annoying sometimes."

The red-haired girl scratched her hair irritably, her long hair was messed up by her, although she was not very obedient before.She raised her eyes and saw that Dipper was about to walk into the house and hastily pulled him back.

"Hey, wait!"

"What's wrong?"

Wendy said dryly, "It's under construction, you can come in in a few days."

Dipper: "...I'm not a customer."

Wendy slapped her forehead, she made up this reason and thought it sucked.Girls are never good at lying, she saw Dipper walking around her with ease, putting his hand on the gate...

"No. Dipper, calm down. Guy, trust me, you will regret it for the rest of your life if you open this door now. Do Alibaba and the Forty Thieves know? Now this door is Shimen, you are Ali Baba, you can't open this door... ...don't say anything to me. This is Blue Beard's door, you are Blue Beard's beautiful wife, so Mrs. Dipper don't open the door for your safety...God, what am I talking about."

Dipper: "..."

The young professor didn't know whether to laugh or cry, he removed his hand from above.If you don't go in, you don't go in. It's not an important thing in itself. He is very willing to follow the wishes of his friends at this time.

"Then, I'll go to another place to see if there is anyone who needs my help."

He put his hands on his chest and gave Wendy a chivalrous salute.The other hand made a lily flower, and he handed the white lily to the girl.

"This is a thank you gift for you, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to help restore the mysterious hut."

Then he waved his hand and walked towards the forest.

Wendy held the flowers, she was silent behind the lily, Tembry and Robbie held hands and whistled to Wendy.The red-haired girl smiled and pinned the flowers on her temples.

"Why are you so flirtatious after becoming a demon... If we were the same age, maybe I would really like you."

Dipper walked through the forest, and he helped carry the log.The little creatures hopped past below, and one of the dwarves gave him a pinecone as a thank-you gift.

"The damage is really serious." Dipper couldn't help but sigh, and he cleared a path for people to pass.Guided by memory, the young man walked to Stanford's laboratory hidden in the forest.

Ford is repairing the instrument. He is old, and he has to straighten his back and pant for breath after two repairs. Dipper tapped on the steel plate at hand to signal his arrival.

Ford looked up, the lights on his head flickering with the movement.

"Yo, Dipper, here you come."

He snapped his fingers, and several flames illuminated the laboratory.The underground has been in disrepair for a long time, and some lighting appliances no longer have lighting functions due to aging circuits. Ford's headlights can basically only illuminate the things in front of them, and the field of vision is very narrow. Dipper sighed inwardly, and he stretched his long legs to help.

"You can rest on the side."

"What are you talking about? I'm in good shape, and I'm not Stan, addicted to junk food every day."

"Yes, yes, Uncle Ford eats regularly and works regularly. Every meal is strictly in accordance with the nutritional ratio. He is a good man in the new era."

Ford clutched his old waist and sat down on the recliner Dipper made out of thin air.

"Why do you sound so perfunctory?"

He reconnected the wires and said casually, "You're thinking too much."

After the generator started running again, Dipper went to help Ford clean up the trash.The underground laboratory was in a mess, and in addition to the previous fight with the shapeshifter, a large number of instruments were destroyed.Formalin and glass shards everywhere.

Ford was leaning on his waist, he was in pain, and the stubborn scientist was finally defeated by a herniated disc.Over there, Dipper rolled up his sleeves to help him clean up the case, and the garbage was sorted automatically, one or two actively sorted into plastic bags.

"Ah, the diode is broken. Uncle, do you have any more here? The copper wire is melted, and the fan is not sensitive...Okay, I will write it down, and I will go to the town to buy it later."

Ford watched as his nephew removed the case with ease.He rolled his sleeves over his elbows, revealing a pale and lifeless arm.The messy hair was combed to one side, and the seven-star mole was dotted on the forehead.

Ford remembers the boy in the photo always wearing a hat, with his bangs pulled very low.In Mabel's description, Dipper is not a lively child. He seems to hate having his forehead seen.

Time, Stanford thought, is a wonderful thing.It can turn a boy who has low self-esteem about his appearance into a gentleman with his head held high.

He looks really confident.

"You seem to be very good at dealing with machines." The old man chatted with the young man.

"I learned this." He removed the steel plate.

"Ah yes, I remember Dipper you said... You are a university professor, right, which university are you in?"

"Teaching mechanical engineering at Stanford," Dipper said as he unscrewed a screw, "'Apocalypse'... I was about to start a new project when the second day of oblivion broke out."

"Oh! Stanford, that's great!" Ford was so excited that the carp stiffened, and he lay back again because of his back injury, and Dipper swore to God that he heard something snap.

Probably the spine.

The young professor was quite helpless.

"...Can you be more honest, Uncle Ford?"

Stanford rubbed his old waist, his mouth didn't stop because of the pain.

"You're a professor at Stanford? Whoa, how did my future self react when he found out? Proud? I'm proud anyway. Ha, I have a grandnephew who's a professor at Stanford!"

"...Actually," Dipper paused, "at that time, because Stan had just passed away, Uncle Ford, you didn't pay much attention to anything."

Stanford was silent.

"Stan died before me?" The self-mockery in his tone made people feel sore, "I thought the scourge would last a thousand years."

"There were too many diseases when I was young—the doctor said so. Uncle Stan was too much trouble when he was young, and you know Uncle Ford." Dipper turned back, he still had a screwdriver in his hand, "Remember to supervise him to exercise, If you have time, take him to Tibet or Nepal. My demonic memory tells me that there are indeed many people with real talents and learning in the Himalayas.”

"It's always weird to hear a Stanford engineering professor say that."

Dipper smiled, and he went back to work.

"'All subjects are interrelated'. Uncle Ford, you told me that. I still remember that when I decided to skip a grade, my family members opposed it. Only you and Mabel were on my side. Stan was neutral. Too good at studying. You wrote two big A4 sheets of letters to my mother, all over the paper. You told her that she was delaying the birth of a genius. Her face turned green with anger."

Ford was out of breath laughing.

"Sounds like something I could do. Did you manage to skip a level in the end?"

"Twice," he said.

Ford sincerely said: "Wow."

He exclaimed again: "Wow."

Stanford flipped over, he was really dishonest, in every sense of the word.

"You're really nice, I mean, I'm so proud of you." He licked his lips, "Dipper, did I ever apologize? I mean when... well I don't remember. Sorry, Dipper, I It shouldn't be after you saved me..."

"Wait, wait, stop, stop Uncle Ford." Dipper put the plate on, and he flipped the switch, and the lights went on.Those ground lamps were lit one by one, and the light surged like a tide, and the river flowed to the end of the darkness.

He threw the screwdriver back into the toolbox, the handle hitting the metal shaft of the lid, and the lid closed under gravity.The action is done in one go.

"I didn't take that to heart, or," he smiled, "I didn't think you did anything wrong, Uncle Ford. You can't trust anyone in Gravity Springs, can you?"

Ford opened his mouth, and after a while he stroked his face.

"...Yeah," he lay back, "Yeah. Did 'I' tell you that too?"

The youth nodded.

Stanford twitched his lips.

"But that's not how you behave."

Dipper shrugged.

"Because I'm such a fool at heart. If a person doesn't even believe his family, then he is really hopeless."

"...Even if the body is completely injured?"

"Even if the body is completely injured."

Ford was lying on the chair, he heard the rustling sound coming from over there.The lab was pretty much cleaned up by Dipper, who also helped Ford change the power supply - using his experience and knowledge from the future.

Ford suddenly felt relieved.He felt warm in his chest.

When he was sucked into the gate of time and space, he no longer had expectations for a full house of children, let alone family happiness.He was always on the road, sometimes to study the way back, sometimes to find a way to beat Bill.Obviously the latter is more and occupies most of his time.

It was an accident to come back, and Mabel and Dipper are gifts from God.

"...You've become a wonderful man, Dipper."

Dipper was taken aback for a moment, then lowered his head and smiled sheepishly.

No matter how it changes, there will always be something deep in the young people's bones, let the time go by, and the sea will change.

Ford followed suit with a gentle look in his eyes.

"when are you leaving?"

"Soon," said the young man.

It was almost dusk when they returned, and the sky was a warm orange, and so were the clouds. Dipper didn't need to fly, he talked and laughed with Ford, and walked slowly in the forest.They are indeed grandparents with excellent compatibility, from mathematics to physics, from Feynman's theorem to general relativity. Ford doesn't have to worry about his grandson not being able to understand, doesn't have to struggle to translate the terminology into some other way of describing it, he speaks with ease, and so does Dipper.

After all, the two science nerds are choked up enough.

Wendy and the others had long disappeared outside the door of the mysterious hut, and Dipper estimated that they would all go home by dinner time.

The young man thought that there would be no objection to him opening the door again at this time. He walked ahead and opened the door for Ford——

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY!"

Dipper stood at the door, he was a little dazed, with a colored ribbon hanging on his fur, looking very funny.

Wendy patted him on the shoulder vigorously, making the young man stagger. Lee hugged his other shoulder, and the big boy put the Coke in front of him.

"Yo, Dipper! SURPRISE!"

Soos was pushed over by Melody. His abdominal wound has not healed and he can only sit in a wheelchair.But the injury didn't affect his good spirits at all, and Soos threw a bunch of party stars in Dipper's face, eyes shining like stars.

"Happy birthday brother!"

Mystery Cottage is full of banners, decorations everywhere, mistletoe and Easter bunny crowded together.The colorful ribbons are stretched across all kinds of flowers, and the collision of colors makes people's eyes hurt.The shelves have long since been received in the basement.The residents of Gravity Springs packed the house to the brim, and they were so enthusiastic that they almost threw off the newly built roof for the second time.

Dipper was pushed—all kinds of people, not just Wendy and Lee—to the middle.There was a round table in the center of the room, on which was a birthday cake covered in pink cream, much larger than Dipper remembered, with four number candles stuck on top.

13.

There are 23 more.

LazySusan spoke her unique voice in the crowd: "Oh my god this cake almost used up all the cream in my shop."

Mabel is wearing a birthday hat, pink, and her pink sweater is special.She held up the cake knife and pinched her waist with the other hand.

"Hey bro, you're too late."

Dipper obviously hadn't reacted from the situation, and he didn't come back until Stan slapped him.

There was a group of people standing around him, Wendy, Soos, Melody... all kinds of familiar people gathered together, each of them had expectations on their faces, and held various celebration utensils in their hands.

Stan tapped his head.

"What's the matter, Dipper, are you dumbfounded by this scene?" He pushed his grandson, "Blow out the candles! Otherwise the candle tears will drip on the cream, don't waste LazySusan's cream."

He leaned over and stared at the two flames on "23", the tip of his nose suddenly felt sore.

Ah, he himself forgot, when he wore it back, it was actually not too far away from his 23rd birthday.

"What are you guys..."

It was Ford who answered him.

"This kind of thing is easy to guess. There are still ten years before you and the time baby. The "you now" is the same age as Mabel, and you must be 22 years old in ten years."

Dipper rubbed the tip of his nose. Mabel booed beside him.

"Are you going to cry, Dipper?"

"...Nothing, don't talk nonsense, Mabel." He sniffled and lied clumsily, "It's just that I've been too busy recently to catch a cold."

Stan nudged his brother with the arm.

"Hey, do demons get colds too?" he asked in a small voice.

Ford replied in a low voice, "No."

The "cold" demon bowed his head together with his sister, and they stopped before the flames, blowing out the candles together.

Wendy waited for a long time, she gave Mabel and Dipper a big hug.

"Okay! Now I'm officially declaring that you're teenagers—ah, Dipper is stepping into the old camp (Dipper: I'm only 23, not 73). Welcome to the annoying and zit camp—ah, Dipper has graduated."

They laughed together.

Soos was more excited than anyone else, and Melody had to hold him down to keep him from jumping straight out of the wheelchair.

"Guys, how about stepping into the teen and old camp?"

Dipper: "I'm not an old man."

Mabel rubbed his nose: "Honestly speaking, it's kind of strange. It seems that something has changed, but it seems like nothing."

Parcifica pushed Gideon away, her expression contorted exaggeratedly, making herself look angry.But I couldn't hold back the upswing in the ending.

"When are you unwrapping the presents? Miss Ben broke a nail just to help you wrap presents. By the way, there is also cake cutting. Forget about opening the cake after you cut the cake. Miss Ben is hungry too."

Mabel's cake knife finally comes into play. Stan and Ford took Dipper's hand, and they placed the young man's hand with the girl's.

The older brother and the younger sister smiled at each other.

The edge of the knife is hard, and the cream sinks.Jam gushes from the slit. LazySusan is really affordable.

"Oh?" Dipper blinked, "Blueberry sandwich?"

Mabel popped a large piece into her mouth, eating like a bulging hamster.

"Well, blueberry sandwich." She swallowed the cake with great effort, and the cream was all over her face, "Speaking of which, it's the first time I've eaten blueberry sandwich."

Dipper chuckled, picking up a piece with his fingertips and popping it into his mouth.

"Not bad, isn't it?"

Mabel also laughed, and all the afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled into her hazel eyes, and the broken gold surged with her movements.

"yes."

When they arrived at the station, Bill had been waiting for a long time, leaning against the stop sign.The demons nodded to each other as greetings.

Candy and Grenda were obviously still a little afraid of him, hiding behind Dipper.However, other people's hearts are big enough, and Ford, an "old friend" who has dealt with him enough, has already learned to selectively ignore them.

There was some harmony for a while.

The girls were obviously reluctant to part with each other. Candy squeezed her hands and asked Mabel if she could not leave. She said that we still have a lot of things we haven't done together.

"Summer always goes by," Mabel said, "and it's time to grow up."

She was very gentle when she said this, and she was not at all crazy like she usually is. Dipper reached out and rubbed her head.

"But don't grow too big."

Mabel lowered his hand.

"Hey, I'm your older sister! Big or small!"

Dipper raised one eyebrow.

"You know, Mabel, even ten years from now, you're still not taller than me."

Mabel gritted his teeth angrily, but then they laughed together again.

She turned and gave her friends a hug.

"Thank you for being my friends, Grenda, Candy. No matter what happens, you are my best friends."

Mabel made a funny move to Stanley, she looked as mischievous as ever, with a ridiculously sentimental smile.

"Uncle Stan, thank you for wearing my farewell sweater."

Stan scratched his head.

"Uh, it's cold outside, I have to wear it."

Dipper quietly turned over a