"Nuh uh," Raph insisted loudly , sitting up and turning to face her, his face making it clear that despite his words, he actually really hoped it was true, because that was freakin' cool.

Then he paused. "What am I even saying? I've fought a giant rock bug and a zombie dogman before. It's so crazy it has to be true."

He settled back to read his comic, but sitting up this time, and next came the questions, enthusiastic in their nature, but delivered in a way that showed he was trying to keep said enthusiasm slightly under wraps so as to not appear too eager to be awesomed by her. "Was it a mutant dinosaur? Or was time travel involved?"