That was about Francine's take on the situation too. She dropped her forehead against Katchoo's and wriggled around so she wouldn't be squishing or squished by a hunting hound when she started the actual clinging. Because clinging there was.

"I know this is supposed to happen, we're all supposed to grow up and leave and miss people and go on with our lives or whatever the heck they did on that graduation episode of Leery's River, but I hate this. They're not just people we went to high school with."

[Yes, months later I have to come back and correct the meta. STFU.]