"Yeah, then it'll work, no problem. It's just if he tries to go by himself it might be an issue."

"Right. Well, hopefully he can take Saturday off."

"Hopefully. If not - we will still have my dad."

"Right. We should probably take this car. Charlie's only got the cruiser, which, I don't know if you've ever ridden around in a cop car, but it gets you weird looks if you are not obviously a cop. And I cannot rock the 'stache."

"I do not think you should try growing a mustache, but if you want to see if Charlie will drive us to Seattle in the cruiser we can ask."

"No, it's okay. If I can't have the cop mustache then it's just not worth it."

"You could eat donuts," she says encouragingly.

"Hmmmm. Tempting. I don't think just having donuts would make me an honorary cop, though. I don't think it works like that."

"You could see if Charlie would let you borrow his hat."

"That might help. I would feel fancy."

"You would be very fancy. I would obtain pictures."

"... Will they be used as blackmail? Like my prancing pictures?"

From the driver's seat, Vernon laughs maniacally.

"I might attempt to trade them for your prancing pictures!"

"Deal, if you can get 'em."

"Nooooooooo! Not more embarrassing pictures being circulated in the embarrassing pictures black market!"

"Drat, shouldn't've told you my evil plan."

"Yes, now I will never let you take any pictures of me in a police hat. Ever. Prancing pictures of me are no joke."

"Awwwwwwww."

"You're crushed, I know. How will you ever get over the trauma?"

"I'll probably need my fairy princess healing powers."

"Then it's a really good thing you have them. Otherwise, that'd be it for you. Just - so broken up by not having pictures of me in a police hat, or prancing around."

"I would spend months in catatonia. Charlie would be furious with you for the damage to my fragile psyche."

"And then the entire possibility of me wearing a police hat would be out the window, and that would make it so much worse."