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There's lots of world out there.

The funny thing about an inter-dimensional tunnel? You could never be sure where one would pop up.

Della was doing some solo exploring. She'd been back on Earth for over a year and finally felt ready to do as much, and - inspired by a certain dayglo-bright friend - she'd decided her first time adventuring on her own since the moon would be mapping out the unexplored caverns that stretched out past Coot's underground corn stores.

Speaking of Gobo, though- At first, Della barely too note of the tiny off-shoot tunnel; to small for her to fit through, but she supposed it ought to be on the map. And once she started paying it some mind, she got curious as to who or what had formed in. Leaning down, she peered inside...

With a delighted laugh, she waved at the very familiar figure she could just barely make out in the glow from her flashlight, and her free hand reached in to ruffle a messy head of magenta hair.

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She chuckled at that - she should've known - and explained how Coot had used the corn to trick his attackers. She offered plenty of detail, as much as was known, and of course she told Gobo how Coot was an ancestor on her father's side.

"That's the non-Uncle Scrooge-side," she explained for further clarification. "And by the way, the corn stores haven't been replenished in a really long time, so I wouldn't eat any."

Gobo snorted some and nodded. "I had a feeling! Corn that long underground, without anybody around, doesn't usually last so well.

"Still, that's cool though! Setting that stuff up, and especially having someone really important like that in your background." A bit of a snicker. "I've got someone like that too! An ancestor of mine was the one who first discovered the Gorg's garden, and radishes, outside of Fraggle Rock."

"No kidding!" Della laughed, leaning down to give Gobo a one-armed hug. "That's so cool! I can't say I'm surprised, though! Adventure and exploration do tend to run in families."

"They do!" He laughed lightly, smiling at her. "You already know how closely immediate it is in my family, but it definitely goes way, way further back than just Great-Uncle Gobo."

Pausing some as they reached a new chamber of the cave, he made a note of it on his map, adding a quick sketched outline to be filled in later. "And it sounds like adventure goes pretty far back in your family, too!"

She nodded, truly listening but mostly paying attention to how he went about mapping the new area. (Look, focusing took a lot of effort for her.) She smiled a bit. So it wasn't about trying to cram everything in right away, then, huh?

"How much of this did your Uncle Matt teach you, and how much did you teach yourself?" she asked as the thought occurred to her.

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"A little of both, really." Making his final note, he put the map away for now. "Uncle Matt has made a lot of maps, but since he left for Outer Space when I was young, I had to study them myself to put the finesse on things. Then Mokey helped me develop my drawing skill too and, well, here we are."

"That's really impressive, squirt," Della pointed out. It wasn't long at all until they game to a spot where the tunnel divided off two ways. She turned to Gobo, glancing down at him in a silent invitation to lead the way.

Coming up to the two tunnels, he held up a hand and walked over to investigate them. What he'd do, he'd do for both: pausing to listen, sniffing the air, holding a wet finger up to check for moving wind. Returning to the first and listening again, he tapped his foot a few times, seemingly an automatic motion. Then he nodded and stood straight, returning over to her.

"The one on the right seems like an ordinary tunnel, but the one on the left has water somewhere down it, and smells like moss and mushrooms."

"Well, ordinary isn't exactly my go-to," Della snorted, leaning over to look down the left tunnel. "Maybe we go left? What were you listening for, anyway?"

"The water!" With a 'let's go!' wave of his hand, he led her down the left tunnel. "Wembley taught me how to hear it in places you normally can't. I think it's behind the rocks, but if we go long enough we might come across some that's bubbled up to the path."

"Woah, that's one of the weirdest cool things I've heard about this week," Della chuckled as she hurried along just behind him. "Finding an underground spring would be really neat!"

"Definitely! And it's good to know there's a possible source of water around too, when one's exploring alone."

He paused in speaking a moment, then snickered. "Well, if there's water around, you can certainly trust a Fraggle to find it."

"Yeah, it is!" Oh sure, Della had packed supplies - she wasn't (that) foolish - but it couldn't hurt!

There was a physical pause on Della's end, as her thoughts came around a bit, and she watched Gobo continuing on. It was a familiar moment, seeing him run off towards adventure and exploration...

And once again, she couldn't have been more proud.

He stopped a moment, but it seemed it was to further sketch the tunnel they were in now, and add a couple notes about the possibility of water. Then, realizing Della wasn't near him, he turned and gave her a curious smile, raising an eyebrow.

Coming?

Della beamed at him, nodding silently at first. Then, a little laugh came out as she moved to catch up with him.

"You know what, Gobo? This wouldn't be nearly as fun without you here!" She snorted, then added, "I also might've gotten lost by now. Underground was never exactly my specialty."

"Luckily enough, underground is practically my birthright, so you're in good hands!" In a simple tunnel, he decided to sketch as they walked, following their tracks live.

"Oh, I know," Della chuckled as she watched over his shoulder. "It's not like many Fraggles take to exploring like you do, right?"

"Not many, no! Other Fraggles have shown interest, but no one's really done it like I have." He rolled up the map, though held onto it while he smiled some.

"Although! Mokey and Red have joined me out in Outer Space, and it won't be long before Wembley and Boober too, do. We've found some tunnels underneath the other Duckburg that are perfect for a home base kinda place."

"Hey, good for them!" Della was a bit surprised about Boober joining, based on what Gobo - and Louie - had told her about him, but mostly she was happy for Gobo and his friends to be together. "What brought about that change?"

"Well, uhh...." He delayed, but it seemed to be for a good reason as he flushed a bit with a small, sheepish smile. "Their, uh.

"Their feelings for me."

Della's eyes widened, and she brought one hand up toward the top of her head, pushing her cap and goggles back a bit. "Wha- When did this happen?"

He snickered some. "Not too long ago? Mokey had already had the idea to follow me to Outer Space, but it wasn't too long into that that we, well... kinda figured it out? Then me and Red figured that stuff out too and, we all had a talk and decided it was alright to...." He paused, unsure of the word to use. "All be in a relationship with me? Whatever you'd call that."

Della smiled warmly. In her travels and adventures, she'd seen relationships of nearly all kinds, and in most cases, she'd seen just as many if not more healthy examples of them than unhealthy ones.

"A polyamorous relationship, that's what you'd call it," she explained casually. They were all in a relationship with him, hmm? And he'd mentioned Wembley and Boober were coming up, soon, as well... "Are the others involved with each other, too? Of course, that's not how it always has to go. As long as the five of you are happy and keep talking."

She had to admit, though, Gobo - sweet as he was - hadn't struck her as the relationship type, with any number of partners. The quick change had her smirking a bit to think about. "Just be careful to use your powers of irresistability for good," she teased with a wink.

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"Polyamorous." He rolled the word around his tongue, committing it to memory. He snickered some, glancing up at her with a lightly teasing grin.

"I'll be careful, I promise." A laugh, and he smiled. "And yeah, Wembley and Boober too," he blushed as he spoke but the fondness for them, for all of them, was clear, "though before me they got into a relationship with each other, too."

"I'm so glad you're happy, Gobo," Della said, having picked up on that fondness. Honestly, even without the different types of love she'd seen, the idea of any Fraggles in general being polyamorous wasn't a surprise. They were little hippies; very free love- Oh. Hmm.

"You know, speaking of being careful... Actually, I don't know how these things work for Fraggles. You might want to go to your Uncle for a talk."

When she'd found out she'd be a parent, despite not having planned to be one, she'd been delighted, but she knew that wasn't always the case.

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