"Oh, hey!" Steven grins up at Gabriel, lurching a little as the goat ups its head-scratching antics. To be fair, Lion isn't always that good at conversing, either. "It's not his fault," Steven says. "He's a goat."

Both he and the goat perk up when the carrot makes its appearance. "Thanks!" Steven says, taking the carrot and offering it to not-Steven-Jr. The goat jerks the treat out of Steven's hand and wanders off to chew on it, leaving Steven free to clamber up the side of the fence next to Gabriel.

"This is a pretty sweet carnival, huh?" It doesn't occur to him that it's the wrong season or the wrong location. This is normal, right? It feels pretty normal.