Air conditioning was one of the crowning achievements of human ingenuity, let no one tell you any different.

"Seems a little beyond your run-of-the-mill family genetics, don't it?" It was a little creepy, though Heiji was keeping any thoughts of his own light for now. It was a party, after all, and doubtless there would be consequences for the events of today. "You'd think sooner or later, they'd come up with a redhead or a brunette or someone with a bit of baby fat. Then again, neither of my folks is dark-skinned."