*giggles madly* OMG that was great! You really did manage to work every word in! Back in the seventies there was a huge scare about the carcinogens in sassafras and all the root beer was pulled off the shelves, til they discovered that most of the carcinogens exist in the oil of the plant and are removed in processing, but most root beer is now made with artificial flavors anyway.

I didn't comment on the last story, Let it Snow, but these both are excellent in the fact that they are great slices of the team on down time. All the characters are spot on and the conversations suitably diverse. BTW the artist that painted Scream--his name was Edvard, suitably scary!