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** Pure luck? Demon didn't remember he used to be Breel. He saw a mortal enter the Bad Place and latched onto them, hoping for an express ride back, which they got. That person just so happened to be boyfriends with [[spoiler: his better half.]]

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** Pure luck? Demon didn't remember [[spoiler: he used to be Breel.Breel]]. He saw a mortal enter the Bad Place and latched onto them, hoping for an express ride back, which they got. That person just so happened to be boyfriends with [[spoiler: his better half.]]
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* How did Demon/[[spoiler:Negabreel]] know where to find Keene? Presumably 'The Bad Place' is pretty dang big, yet he knew when & where to go to find the one person who both knew [[spoiler:his good half]] and also had the means to escape to Earth?

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* How did Demon/[[spoiler:Negabreel]] know where to find Keene? Presumably 'The Bad Place' is pretty dang big, yet he knew when & where to go to find the one person who both knew [[spoiler:his good half]] and also had the means to escape to Earth?Earth?
** Pure luck? Demon didn't remember he used to be Breel. He saw a mortal enter the Bad Place and latched onto them, hoping for an express ride back, which they got. That person just so happened to be boyfriends with [[spoiler: his better half.]]
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* Was Daisy inspired by the UrbanLegend about the personals ad that sounded like a woman looking for a date but turned out to be about a black lab named Daisy looking for an owner, with the contact information pertaining to her animal shelter (since they were trying to dupe someone into adopting her)?

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* Was Daisy inspired by the UrbanLegend about the personals ad that sounded like a woman looking for a date but turned out to be about a black lab named Daisy looking for an owner, with the contact information pertaining to her animal shelter (since they were trying to dupe someone into adopting her)?her)?
** Could be? Either that or she's just a reference to ''VideoGame/MarioKartDoubleDash'' and the "Hi, I'm Daisy!" meme.
* How did Demon/[[spoiler:Negabreel]] know where to find Keene? Presumably 'The Bad Place' is pretty dang big, yet he knew when & where to go to find the one person who both knew [[spoiler:his good half]] and also had the means to escape to Earth?
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** It wasn't a dream, the Demigods' M.O. is to send mortals they meet with back to their beds [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2008/11/26/maybe-there-was-an-emu/ with]] [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2010/07/14/never-believe-its-not-so/ "subtle"]] hints that it really happened. Tarot even admits it's basically just a [[http://www.housepetscomic.com/comic/2011/02/16/like-wheelchairs-at-hospitals/ formality]].

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** Possibly unintentional, but it could also be referencing the fact that RealLife pets - or at least cats and dogs - display a certain degree of behavioral neoteny.[[note]]The retention of childlike traits into adulthood.[[/note]] For example, adult wolves almost never bark, but wolf pups and domestic dogs (which are descended from wolves) do.

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** Possibly unintentional, but it could also be referencing the fact that RealLife pets - or at least cats and dogs - display a certain degree of behavioral neoteny.[[note]]The retention of childlike traits into adulthood.[[/note]] For example, adult wolves almost never bark, but wolf pups It's been theorized that these animals actually do live in a kind of extended puppyhood/kittenhood, and domestic dogs (which are descended from wolves) do.might see their owners as surrogate parents.
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** Possibly unintentional, but it could also be referencing the fact that RealLife pets - or at least cats and dogs - display a certain degree of behavioral neoteny.[[note]]The retention of childlike traits into adulthood.[[/note]] For example, adult wolves almost never bark, but wolf pups and domestic dogs (which are descended from wolves) do.

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** If nothing else, Zach remembers cast light and the gargoyles.

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** If nothing else, Zach remembers he can cast light and the gargoyles.gargoyles.
* Was Daisy inspired by the UrbanLegend about the personals ad that sounded like a woman looking for a date but turned out to be about a black lab named Daisy looking for an owner, with the contact information pertaining to her animal shelter (since they were trying to dupe someone into adopting her)?
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* Do Daryl, Karishad, and Zach remember the events of the Temple Crashers arc, considering that it was [[spoiler:Keene's dream?]] Were they even actually ''there'', or were they just part of [[spoiler:the dream]]?

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* Do Daryl, Karishad, and Zach remember the events of the Temple Crashers arc, considering that it was [[spoiler:Keene's dream?]] Were they even actually ''there'', or were they just part of [[spoiler:the dream]]?dream]]?
** If nothing else, Zach remembers cast light and the gargoyles.
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** It could also be related to American pet stores like Petsmart referring to owners as Pet Parents, so this could potentially be an extension on that.
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** Probably. Although their exact ages are never given they're almost certainly younger than the humans who take care of them. Pets in this universe are functionally not much different than human children.

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** Probably. Although their exact ages are never given they're almost certainly younger than the humans who take care of them. Pets in this universe are functionally not much different than human children.children.
* Do Daryl, Karishad, and Zach remember the events of the Temple Crashers arc, considering that it was [[spoiler:Keene's dream?]] Were they even actually ''there'', or were they just part of [[spoiler:the dream]]?
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* It's small, but why do pets call their owners "Mom/Dad"? Is it to showcase how immature they are?

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* It's small, but why do pets call their owners "Mom/Dad"? Is it to showcase how immature they are?are?
** Probably. Although their exact ages are never given they're almost certainly younger than the humans who take care of them. Pets in this universe are functionally not much different than human children.
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* It's small, but why do pets call their owners "Mom/Dad"? Is it to showcase how immature they are?

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