Hello? Just give me one second and I'll be right there. Oh, ha ha! It's you!

Well, you should have said so. Remember that the most valuable antiques are dear old friends.

H. Jackson Brown Jr. He compiled over 500 nuggets of Antiques, Our Dear Old Friends.

H. Jackson Brown Jr.

He compiled over 500 nuggets of fatherly advice in what he called Life's Little Instruction Book.

Number 144 was to take someone bowling.

Never been much of a fan of the game myself, but I suppose it's a nice gesture.

Philosophies, morals, beliefs are passed down through a family like a broken face on the floor.

Even when you do your best job at sweeping the glass, you somehow always end up with some in your feet.

Emma and Liam are trying their best to pick up the pieces.

Maybe the answer to their mystery lies in this dagger I present to you today.

Look at that.

Polished to a mirror finish.

Brass hilt engraved with what looks like hundreds of tiny sigils.

You can feel the indents when you hold it.

Ah.

You see?

Ha ha ha.

Feels nice, don't it?

I think it's time for a bit of a family reunion.

This is the funeral, part three.

Before we begin, I want to point out some of the customers whose names have been etched in brass on this beautiful plaque I had made above the front desk.

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