He's usually only seven feet tall when he visits. The Alliance got him a size-changing charm from the beginning. Big guy loves being chicken guardian. And they enjoy it, too. Still not really sure how that happened, but they'll climb all over him.

[Bart looks off, thinking even as he does the few checks needed. All the heating elements are working fine, and the rest of the girls are in, each uniquely colored as befits a flock of 'Easter eggers,' even the bantam variety.]

You realize you're the only one on the invite list with two living parents they actually talk to, right? I haven't seen my mom in...well, the last time was when I ditched Jenni to steal some time with her before Brainy's plan was going to fling us back in time. So years or centuries, depending on how you want to look at it.

We may act pretty laid-back, but not all of it was pleasant.