Chapter 1785: Stick figures

"So... are we just going to stay like this?"

Meanwhile, in a small hut right in the center of the island, Slater, Shawn, and Penny were lounging outside. The three of them crouched down, with Penny absentmindedly drawing circles on the ground with a stick, looking a bit bored.

Shawn and Slater, seated on either side of her, turned to look at what she was drawing.

"Is that...?"

"Blacky," Penny muttered with a frown, underlining the stick figure of an animal with her stick. "And this is Chunchun, then Mouse, and Tiana."

"They look like insects," Slater commented, while Shawn bit his tongue. Shawn had the same thought as Slater – the animals she was drawing did resemble pests.

"Shut up," she retorted, then pointed her stick at the stick figure at the end. "And this is me – see, I’m wearing a skirt."

"Your body is all skirt."

Again, Penny glared at him and clicked her tongue. "I’m drawing you." With that, Penny drew an unflattering stick figure a palm’s length away from her original drawing.

"Hey! Why am I so far away!?" Slater protested.

Another exasperated sigh escaped Penny as she stared him down. "Weren’t you scared of my babies? I’m just keeping you safe."

Back when they were kids, Slater often kept his distance whenever her pets were around. His face twitched as he snatched the stick from her.

"Forget that! I’m an adult, and why do I look so ugly!? Everyone’s smiling except me and I don’t have bunny teeth!"

"Hey! This is my stick! If you want to draw your own, get your own stick!"

two wrestled over the stick, Shawn watched the siblings in disbelief. He found himself shaking his head, thinking of Hayley. Hayley had been Slater’s biggest fan. Shawn knew that not only because Hayley would easily get starstruck around Slater, but

if he were some kind of angel. Well, Slater did have a certain angelic quality to him, mixed with a bit of sass. It wasn’t just his

childish. And he couldn’t help but think about

Slater tug at each other’s hair over a stick, he thought back to how the three

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[Earlier...]

is really good... and

surprise as he listened to Penny’s words. What she said shouldn’t have surprised him, considering how Penny had always lived life on her own terms. Yet,

straight towards them. She had meant every word she said. Her life was really good, and she regretted nothing – not trusting

but had also given herself a chance to be loved and cared for, just

of that, she had given everyone,

she whispered, finally catching sight of the

as he looked ahead. When they

down with Penny’s help. Meanwhile, Slater’s helicopter ascended, narrowly avoiding a collision with theirs. Given the size of the

suit. However, unlike them, Slater didn’t have the additional floaters. As a result, he landed on the smaller island nearby while Penny’s chopper floated

soon as she opened the door, her

from ear to ear as she jumped out of the chopper and swam towards the shore. Slater, on the other hand,

halt in front of her. He placed his hands on her shoulders, studying her from

over his face as tears

his lips

him a thumbs-up. "Perfect 10 out of 10. Would do

the dry blood on her hands. He grabbed

guys who abducted me. Shawn shot them—well, I

respond as he examined his sister. Once he was sure she was unharmed, he shifted his

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