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# Fancy Tea Problems The parlor hums with chaotic domesticity. Toodles, a beaming eight-year-old, leaps into the air, shouting about her mother’s romantic prospects. Glisten, ever the fashionista, urges Teagan to confess her feelings, while Shrimpo screams denials of familial bonds, only to be forcibly hugged by the affectionate Goob. Scraps watches with a lethal glare. Suddenly, the door opens. Rodger, elegant and holding a magnifying glass, steps inside. His eyes lock onto Teagan’s, the only other adult in the room, asking if he has interrupted. Toodles squeals his name, and he smiles warmly, patting her head before turning his attention to the fluff of Goob and the chaos of Shrimpo. Teagan watches this perfect, messy family, heart pounding, wondering if she should finally speak her…