Well, of course I know that!
...The gratuitous Ripp parts are one of the reasons why I love this story so much. He is so hard to resist. :)

Honestly, I have no idea what is going on in Strangetown anymore since most of the past chapters lately have dealt with LFT, unless it has to do with the aliens... But I doubt it has anything to do with that.

Therefore, I guess I'll just settle on being pleasantly surprised with what happens and not think about it.