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father-daughter relationship?”
    I gave her an annoyed look. “You are cruel.”
    “Just be nice,” Gabrielle said, smiling.
    “You still haven't introduced me to your mother,” I said, starting to walk to the elevators.
    “That's because she's Polly Pratchett.”
    “Ha-ha,” I said, chuckling. “Ultragod's girlfriend? Please. But if you don't want to talk about her, that's fine.”
    “I'll introduce you after I reveal all my secrets,” Gabrielle said, adjusting her glasses. “You know, I'm not used to relationships lasting this long.”
    “Neither am I,” I said.
    “Yeah,” Gabrielle said, wrinkling her nose. “Some of us more than others. Did you have to sleep with Jessica and Wendy?” They were Gabrielle's best friends at college.
    I grimaced. I'd had a lot of one-night or multiple one-night 'relationships' before I'd met someone who was really worth fighting for. “That was before I met you!”
    “A likely excuse!” Gabrielle said, rolling her eyes then bursting out laughing. I'd actually met Gabrielle through Wendy, who was helping her at the school paper where Ms. Anders was journalist. “I'm in this for the long haul, though.”
    “Me too.” I took her hand. I decided after this trip, I'd propose to her.
    The memory faded away and I was once more in the void of unconsciousness. Cloak, as a disembodied voice, was there with me.
    “ You were very blessed to have two kind, generous women to love you ,” Cloak said. “ Most men do not even get one such opportunity .”
    “Yeah,” I said, my voice echoing through the darkness. “It didn't work out between me and Gabrielle and I won't lie and say I haven't played the 'What If' game.”
    Moses Anders had warmed to me, eventually, even if I didn't realize he was Ultragod until years later. When we got back, though, I'd been kidnapped by murderous serial-killer the Cackler. He'd deduced Gabrielle was Ultragoddess and decided to target the person she loved the most. Gabrielle had come within inches of killing him while rescuing me. Later that week, she'd confessed her true identity to me and that she couldn't risk putting me in danger. I'd tried to fight for our relationship but she'd rather have me alive and away from her than hold me in her arms as I bled to death.
    Then she'd erased my memory of her identity and implanted a new memory of our breakup. I'd only found out the truth on the moon.
    I would never get over that.
    “ I sensed you wanted children ,” Cloak said. “ Why did you and Mandy never have them ?”
    That brought back its own memories.
    It was a year after my marriage to Mandy and things were going well in my life. I admit, we'd probably gotten married a little too soon given we'd only known each other a couple of months. We'd both been recovering from badly-ended relationships but we were in love and I was determined to change for her benefit. I had cast aside my dreams of being a supervillain and embraced my new life as Gary Karkofsky, bank teller.
    Yeah, I was going crazy but I could live with it.
    I had her.
    It was early in the morning and we were gathered around the kitchen table. Our rescue dogs, Galadriel and Arwen, were gathered at our feet while I was making breakfast for my wife. She was wearing a shirt with Princess Leia on it and looking sleepless. She was still getting used to my frequent bouts of nightmares, one of the reasons why I was making her this. Also, I wanted to butter her up for the conversation.
    “So, Mandy—” I started to say, bringing her a second plate of made-from-scratch waffles.
    “Yes?” Mandy said, obviously suspecting I wanted to discuss something.
    “Kids,” I said, laying the plates down.
    Mandy looked up, blinking. She put down her fork. “Not hungry.”
    I grimaced. “Probably should have discussed that before we got married.”
    “Yeah,” Mandy said, giving a face equivalent to being punched in the gut.
    “What are your thoughts?” I asked, plopping down into my chair across