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Momo groaned, he hated when Hal did this! he could always take the bow out himself, but that was beside the point! "um-" he thought hard, a joke? it had been a while since he'd even thought of jokes. "give me a bit!" he sat on the bed and thought hard, what kind of joke should he tell Hal? "Why did the turkey cross the road?" he asked, "to prove he wasn't a chicken." it was a pathetic joke, but it was a joke!

Momo smiled back when Hal started to laugh at his joke, the android actually laughing pretty hard. at least he'd liked it, and the bow was taken away, which was a plus. "glad you liked it." it was nice to hear Hal laugh like that, "i thought it was pretty lame myself," he looked a little embarrassed, but at least Hal was laughing and that was what mattered.

Momo blushed, "God, don't remind me! you made me tell you jokes all the time back then." he shook his head and lay down on the bed as well, "i'm taking a nap, you keep the giggles down, got it?" he stuck out his tongue before moving to lay against Hal. at least if he had a bad dream, he'd be close to someone he trusted.

Momo was startled away by Hal's scream. he sat up and pulled away at the same time, falling off the narrow bed. "ow-" he was still tender and the fall didn't help things. he looked up at Hal, confused, "Who is Helga?" there was one thing he could think of my that name, but that couldn't be what Hal was calling for. "hal, you ok?" he shifted to his knees and moved up so he was next to the android, "Hal?"

Momo got back onto the bed and hugged Hal, "It's ok. i told you to talk to me if you had a bad dream, didn't i?" he smiled a little and pulled away, "but you said 'Helga' when you woke up. you screamed it. do you think the girl you've been remembering was named Helga?" it was possible that someone had the same name as the bomb, it was a woman's name after all. maybe it was all jumbled up in Hal's head because of that.

Momo shook his head, "it's ok. i shouldn't sleep much later anyways. not good for me." he hugged Hal once more before sliding away, "what do you want? do you want to lay back down? or go for a walk? maybe see if we could find Malcom and spend the rest of the day with him?" he wanted to do something to distract Hal and get his mind off of the dream.

Momo nodded, "i'm a little jealous of him. i wonder what it would have been like to grow up with kids that didn't mind-" his left hand curled into a fist, but he shook his head, "doesn't matter. let's go and see if he'll spare us some time." he smiled, though it was a little forced now, and head for the door. "i'm glad we came here. despite everything that happened, at least we found Malcom a good home where he will be treasured and loved. almost makes everything worth it-" he walked ahead, his hands in his pockets, "almost."

Momo smiled, "he just might, you never know." any child born in this time could be the key to beating the radiation. it was all a matter of the right genes and the right mutations combining to form an immunity. hell, most of the kids probably had it to some degree. maybe it would be the next generation, or the next. they walked outside and Momo was glad the women had left already. he couldn't shake the feeling they were all watching him. he was pretty sure that Tom kept tabs on where they went and he wouldn't be surprised if people were to report in to him to let them know of their activities. it's what he would do at least. Tom had said they could go when they wanted, but Momo couldn't help but worry that was just to keep them happy and that Tom wanted them to stay, even if it took force to make it happen. after all, he'd fixed more things than he could remember and most of them had made life here a lot easier. maybe he should have shown people how to do it themselves instead of hiding away, then they would be less likely to try and make them stay. he was to the field where the kids tended to play and looked around for Malcom, wondering if he was here or not.