The third time Mr. Komaki calls him Wallace, Wally almost interrupts him with "It's Wally," but he can feel the tension in the air, so he keeps his mouth shut. For now.

And then the bomb drops.

"She's what?" he says, as if Mr. Komaki had said it in Japanese or something. Total shock wipes his face of any color and he's not even sure if he's breathing anymore. His mind is reeling, suddenly thinking back to that day and—oh god. They hadn't used protection. It hadn't even occurred to him to ask if she had any, they'd been so caught up in the moment after what happened and—