[ It's only five minutes, and Shade strolls out of the shadows cast by one of the appliances, one moment he's missing, the next the shadows are deeper, and he holds a large pumpkin in his arms.

Oh. Oh yes he does.

And it's as ridiculous as it sounds, hoisting the thing onto the table. ]

There we are! We need to open this up, and scoop out the mess. If we're making pumpkin lattes and pie, we're doing it Correctly. None of this canned nonsense everyone seems to want to use.