It was the first time in a long time that Branch had a good night's sleep. After his visit with Poppy... he just felt... happy...

     Well... happier...

     His blue coloring had slightly returned when he woke up the next morning, stretching as he sat up in the extremely uncomfortable bed.

     Slowly, Branch looked around the cell, noticing Keen was nowhere to be seen.

     "Finally awake, I see..." he suddenly heard from beside him.

     He turned, instantly seeing officer Sparkleton on the other side of the bars.

     "The other inmates are already out in the courtyard," the red glitter troll informed. "I let you sleep in since you seemed exhausted..."

     "Uh... thanks?" Branch said, a bit skeptical of why Officer Sparkleton was being nice to him as he stood up out of bed.

     "Don't expect it to happen again..." Sparkleton stated bluntly, almost instantly going back to his rude, Branch hating ways... "Now let's go..."

     He opened up the bared door, grabbing hold of Branch roughly as he hooked the handcuffs around his wrists before dragging him out of the cell...