Section 6: Finish Line (tentative)

Not much of a welcome for the finish line. Don't we at least get to pop some champagne or something?

This might be the goal space on the game board, but we have yet to see whether or not you've finished the race.

Then get on with it.

None of us are experienced fathers, but we all did the best to be as perfect as we could be.

Now I want to know how we measured up.

Fine. Then on that note...

Let's see how many total points you earned during the Perfect Father Grand Prix.

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I'll be blunt.

Of course not!

This is completely unacceptable! You're all still a long ways away from being a perfect papa!

Ghh! R-really!?

But, we earned... Um... Three hundred and eighty-five points across all the checkpoints!

That puts us well above seventy percent in total. Is that truly not good enough?

Actually, what even IS a passing score, anyway?

Hmm. Now that you've completed one round, I suppose I can tell you that much.

The passing score for this Perfect Father Grand Prix is...

Five hundred points!

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The whole purpose of this race is to make you become perfect fathers.

So how could I call seventy or eighty percent a passing score?

If you're aiming for perfection, of course you'll have to get full marks in every test. Otherwise, there'd be no point, right?

(I knew it. I was planning to slip out once we reached the goal...)

(...but as a prince, I wouldn't feel right about ignoring an innocent child's dream.)

My, what a pickle we're in! Whatever are we going to do!?

What do you mean, what are we going to do!? Don't you get what this means!?

It means we'll never be able to escape this place unless we get a perfect hundred at every single checkpoint!

How're we supposed to do that?

How should I know? I'm not the one to tell you that.

All I can say is, keep trying until you get it right. Keep growing as you strive for perfection.

I'll join you for as many tries as it takes.

So, on that note...

Since you didn't manage to truly finish the race, it's back to the beginning, just like I said!

And this time, I hope you'll do your best to become the ideal father.

Now, if you'll excuse me while I go back to my original size...

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Sorry, but no. Haven't you played a board game before? It's rude to hold the game up.

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...Hmm. Then again, you did do even worse than I thought you would. Maybe I did make it a little too hard.

You might need some kind of support item to help you. I can't make it too easy, but if it'll help you grow...

That said, we'll never get anywhere like this.

The world doesn't run on ideals alone. I'm starting to see just how deep this insect burrow goes.

Now, I think it's time I start fiddling with the game board myself, Bug Princess.

After all, if there's one thing insects do well...it's gnaw away at something, one tiny bite at a time.