If you ask me, impossible things exist for a reason, Hal. I don't think everything should be attainable. Some things just... are.

[There's one thing off the bat he would love to fix - his faulty genes. Too bad the Nexus couldn't rewrite them so he could walk.]

[Huey blew the smoke out of the corner of his mouth, away from his son.] Yeah. That's what your alternates have told me. Good to see you didn't pick up the bad habit.

[And he stuffed the box into his breast pocket, a bit giddy about his find. The brand wasn't available in the States.]