Roger insisted that his friends refer to the new hood ornament that he'd fashioned for his vehicle as a "finial." His brothers began to worry about his "fancy manners" but it didn't deter Roger. That he'd chosen a silver replica of a narwhal was no one's business but his. Roger liked narwhals. They appealed to his since of whimsy. That he possessed a sense of whimsy was a rather recent discovery.

But that was beside the point.

He spent all night welding and then grinding the base of his finial to the hood of his F150. It looked factory installed.