carl who spent his life feeling alone and desperately craving connection but not having it. carl who loves and cares deeply but after his mom never really had anyone who loved him back. carl who realized how much he needed connection after the world ended and he found it in a found family. carl who found hope and comfort and determination in the cookbook and considered the authors his family, his brothers and sisters, before he ever knew that they'd been watching and knew he was theirs. carl who spent so long alone but now he has donut and safehouse yolanda and the authors who are as much his as he is theirs and as much family as safehouse yolanda. carl who holds so much love and care for so many people from so many walks of life and corners of the galaxy. carl who unites them in his determination and his anger and his compassion and his vengeance.
