A quick statistical survey will indicate that I write far ore happy ending than unhappy ones.

As for couples riding off into the sunset, we've got Exile and Valeria, we've got Tricky and his bird lady, we've got... um, lots of people.

> > > And also especially since both were involved with the Hooded Hood. > > On the comforting side, the Hood set them both up to be dead by now, sacrificed to destroy the Parody Master. If he left them the tiniest loophole way of getting out then that can't in any way be significant, right? > I see that the lesson of the Hooded Hood is that everything has consequences- whether he is alive or dead. He's simply so acutely aware of them that he counts on them in his plans. Therefore they should expect a twofold consequence.

Doubtless if the Hood returns and he needs Caph he'll already have had a lever in place long before.