Man, I remember folks being so angry at Dina when this storyline first published. Ā Like I said, Happening OnĀ Walky’s Birthday was kind of an accident out-of-universe, and so everyone was super mad at her for dumping him in-universe. Ā Outside of that chronological framing… I dunno, Walky was kind of being a dorkus. Ā I’d want to dump him, too. Ā And so Dina’s tearful apology at having dumped him on his birthday was put here to underlineĀ that, no, Dina’s not a monster, she has remorse, because apparently that needs saying sometimes for folks.

And here’s Mike’s first sober smile. Ā I thiiiiiiiiiiiiink there was only a second Mike soberĀ smile? Ā The one in Shortpacked!, with Amber? Ā  But I use them incredibly sparingly, for obvious reasons.