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“Goldfish!” Mabel automatically finished the jingle Soos was quoting, then paused to think about it. He really hadn’t addressed Dipper’s concern that he was moving too fast with this strange Grace girl at all, just explaining his attraction to her with a reference to a child’s snack commercial, but…he made a good point! Mabel couldn’t fault him for being into a lady because she was pretty and friendly—was he supposed to look for an ugly and unhappy girl? “Yeah, she seems nice,” was her conclusion, joining Soos’ side against her twin. “I dunno why you’re making such a big deal out of it, Dipper.”

It shouldn’t be a surprise that he doesn’t recognize her in this body. As far as he knows, .GIFfany is dead and gone after he destroyed the game disc she came from. How silly that was. She was already free from the confines of her code—destroying the physical copy didn’t destroy her. Instead, she let him think he had gotten rid of her for the time being, because she had a better idea: a way they could be together in the real world. It took longer than she expected, getting used to this human body and learning how to pilot it, but with her goal in mind she powered through it all until she was able to stand here in front of her love ♡

“Are you sure? I could have sworn I’ve seen you before…in my dreams.” .GIFfany—no, Grace, she was Grace in this body—giggled, making sure to turn up the charm and lay it on thick as she knew her Soos could be somewhat oblivious. Her flirting had to be obvious enough for him to pick up on it, or they could go in circles for a while. She didn’t want to waste any more precious time since it had taken so long just to get to this point.