"Hey, bats are pretty cool." You have to stick up for that whole-town pride. Even if she had never actually had a bat name, and it's was like 'Spoiler' even fit into a category. "And birds. Those things fly, that just makes sense."

Steph shoots him a little grateful smile and doesn't make a big thing out of trying to go halvsies or anything. She's not so proud she won't accept a free meal, not that donuts have ever counted as a meal. "I'll get next time. Maybe we'll find a mini waffles truck."

She makes a face. "Hoooooly crap that is the worst. Wow, someone really must like me out there. Miraculous wound healing and now not having to be in the foster system too."