"Uh, yeah. She's a friend of mine," Ellie said, a little too quickly, but immediately tried to shrug it off when she came to the end of the aisle, turned the corner, and found a rubber Zoidberg mask.

She snorted, a little too loudly, and grabbed it to put it on - and then faltered, her heart stuttering slightly. She knew exactly the last time she'd seen one of these masks, and--

She forced the thought away and made herself smile and hold it out to Punchy. "Here, check out this shit. You can be that weird alien dude."