“Kelly green (that one, high up on the branches of a tree, he couldn’t resist suggesting was probably talking all the other colors to death” This was the laugh I needed!
Wallabies/kangaroos - semantics. This is all very precious. Both their reaction to the fluffy creatures, and their reactions to one another. Super sweet chapter.

Author's Response: Thank you! And yes, I know it's semantics, but it's a semantics people get hung up on sometimes, and I could see these two at least entertaining that idea. :)

Lovely chapter. Kinda fun to see Jim's thoughts of now and his looking forward into the future. Also loved the "dating a Crayola factory" line. Made me laugh and my wife quirk her eye at me, thus me needing to explain the laugh.

However for me the standout moment is Pam here. Yes we've known forever she's an artist, but it was really great to get a peak into how her mind works. Also the fact that she's now with someone who knows when to stand back and let her enjoy this thing for herself. I saw it as yet another way that Pam is blooming into a Fancy New Beesly even without distance, other significant others, or fire walks. Great little scene there.

Author's Response: Thank you! And yes, I enjoyed writing Pam a lot here. It's important to show her blossoming here, I think, in ways she doesn't get to do until later in the series, since she has a different more positive trajectory in this AU.