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 Fallen leaves swirled about as we walked, one smacking me right in the face. My companion laughed, her pink eyes twinkling and her cheeks flushed from the chill night air. "Shut up Ro-Lal," I said. This only encouraged her to laugh harder. When she had caught her breath, she tugged on my arm. "C'mon Dirk, we don't want to be late and everyone else already started trick-or-treating forever ago!" I nodded, and we began to jog as around us children rushed to the doors of brightly-decorated homes to collect their sweet loot. I had to slow down for Roxy, her cardboard pacman costume impeding her, but thankfully, we hadn't been far from