For when we come to summer's end, I'll go peacefully.

[forachange]

The world was a beautiful place. That was true beneath the ground as well, but everything up on the surface - even after a year - still inspired awe in Wembley. Autumn was wonderful, and he appreciated it more on his second experience. The first autumn he'd spent above-ground had been bittersweet; all those lovely colors, but they meant the leaves and plants were dying... Now, he had a bit of a better understanding of how things worked up here. Out on a walk with Gobo, he was able to appreciate it all. Everything seemed to bring him joy, from the nip in the air to-

"What a nice pinecone!"

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[gobetween]

"Yeah, that too! It's nice to see all the birds around again." He was silent a moment or two, thinking.

"You like birds a lot, huh Wembley?"

[forachange]

He nodded in response. "Yeah, ever since I hatched one. They're my favorite animals - and that bird was my favorite bird."

[gobetween]

"Yeah, that bird was pretty cool." He took his idea and folded it up, carefully tucking it away in a mental pocket for the next time he spoke with Chris.

"Oh! Daniel was telling me the other day about this neat farm just outside of Birchpointe that does some fall stuff! Hay rides, and pumpkin carving, and corn mazes." He snickered some. "I don't know what some of that stuff is, but it sounds great!"

[forachange]

Wembley stopped walking for a moment, staring ahead as he tried to figure out what a corn maze could be. Maybe you had to go through a maze while balancing corn on your nose? Maybe not. Also, how did you ride hay?

Oh well, it didn't matter. It certainly sounded fun, no matter what it is!

"Wow!" he gasped. "You wanna go check it out?"

[gobetween]

"Sure! We'll check it out tomorrow, alright?" Finishing the half apple, he started in on another one. "The perfect continuation of our autumnal adventurous expedition."

Red wasn't the only one who could use several words like that in a row.

[forachange]

"Yeah, I'd like that," Wembley said contentedly. "And maybe we can make it an annual autumnal expenturous- Shoot."

[gobetween]

He laughed warmly, if only because that'd been exactly what he had been trying to get out of using that phrase.

"Making it an annual thing sounds like a great idea!"

[forachange]

Wembley grinned, nodding. "Aw, yeah, it'll be fun!" He started on his half-apple, next, and the core of the first was tucked away into his pack. Maybe the birds would like having pinecones that smelled like apples!