"Saffire, Saffire, Saffire!" Flashfire shouts as she runs down the hall.
"What is it?" you ask. "Something wrong?"
"No, I wanted to ask you something," she replies. "Can we 'Trick or Treat' on Halloween?"
"Do what on what?" you ask.
"Halloween," Blackfire explains from her seat on your lap. "It's an Earth holiday in which people dress up in costumes and get together. To 'trick or treat' means to go house to house asking for candy."
"How do you know this?" you ask your lovely wife.
"I saw a Halloween movie on television," she answers. "Halloween is at the end of the month, and many of the television channels play Halloween themed programming. It looks like quite a bit of fun."
"C'mon, Saffire," Flashfire pleads. "We can all go together, and even celebrate with the Teen Titans in California!"
"If you two really want to," you say, "I suppose we can 'Trick or Treat' with the Titans."
Flashfire lets out a cheer, and Blackfire gives you a quick kiss on the lips.
"Now, let us go costume shopping!" Blackfire exclaims.
"YAY!!" Flashfire cheers.
"What?" you ask. "Shopping? Can't we make our costumes ourselves?"
"No," Blackfire scolds. "Earth television shows that those who make their own costumes are either poor or just inferior to those who bought their costumes. And I, for one, Saffire, am not inferior to anything!"
With those words, Blackfire stands up and crosses her arms, nose up and head turned to one side.
"Alright, alright," you say, chuckling at Blackfire's snooty pose, "we'll buy costumes. Just let me gather up some of our cash."
You fly into your bedroom, grab up a stack of American dollars, and fly back out.
"Let's go!" you shout as you fly out the door.
*WHOOSH* The girls follow after, smiling and laughing as the three of you head to the continent of North America.
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