Mila and Tech arrived on the other side of the mirror.

Mila dusted off her dress and Tech fixed the flower in her hair.

"Okay, now." Mila said. "Ready to meet the rest of the family?"

"I've prepared for various scenarios for every single family member, according to your descriptions." Tech said.

"You remember who's related to whom?"

"Felix is married to Pepa, your father's sister, their kids are Dolores, Camilo, and Antonio, your other aunt is your father's other sister Julieta, who's married to Augustine. Bruno, Julieta, and Pepa are triplets, your father is the youngest. Julieta's kids are Isabela, Luisa and Mirabel, and your siblings are Rosella and Pedro."

Chika barked.

"And Chika is your dog." Tech finished, scratching the dog's ears.

"Good memory." Mila praised, kissing his cheek. "Let's go meet the family before Camilo hogs all the arepas."

So, the couple exited Mirabel's room, and were surprised when they saw what looked like at least half the town there.

"I thought you said it would just be your family," said Tech. "unless you have many other relatives you failed to mention?"

"No, the only other family are my Tios Marco and Ricardo." Mila said. "Dolores, we're here! What's going on?"

They ran into Dolores.

"Dolores, why is the entire town here?" Mila asked.

"The whole town heard your boyfriend was coming tonight." Dolores said, covering her ears. Then she held her hand to Tech. "I'm Dolores, by the way."

Tech took Dolores' hand and kissed it like Mila taught her.

"Pleased to meet you." Tech said.

"Everyone's excited to see you both."

Dolores squeaked and scurried off.

Mila looked at Tech and shrugged. "I guess we're making an entrance."

Mila and Tech held hands, and she brought him to the main stairs, where they stood an entered like the belle of the ball, which in this surprise, it was.

Everyone was immediately staring at the couple.

Tech was nervous. He'd only prepared how to behave with members of Mila's family, not the entire Encanto!

"No te preocupes." Mila told Tech. It was a good thing Tech could learn languages quickly. "It'll all be alright."

Mila waved hello to her guests.

"Buenas noches, everyone. This is my boyfriend Tech." Mila said, holding her boyfriend's hand. "As you can see, he's a real person, and we are in a courtship."

"Hola. Hello." Tech said simply.

Mila brought Tech with her down the stairs, and they were greeted by Alicia.

"Hello, Tech." Alicia said. "So glad you could make it."

Tech kissed Alicia's hand and said, "Gracias for having me here, Senora Madrigal."

"Please, call me Alicia. You're practically part of the family now."

"I'm not sure I'd go that far," said Bruno through his teeth.

"Bruno!" Alicia scolded.

Bruno cleared his throat and shook hands with Tech.

"It's good to see you again." Bruno said.

"Likewise, Senor." Tech said.

People all around were curious and wanted to meet Tech, and Mila's friend Marisa came and pulled her away to talk.

"I'll be right back, mi amor." Mila called as she was escorted away.

Tech suddenly got more nervous around all these strangers.

"I'm sorry I doubted you, Mila." Marisa said. "Tech is real. Hmm. He's no Prince Charming, but he looks decent."

"Appearance isn't everything." Mila said. "My name means 'miracle' not 'shallow'."

"So... any plans on taking this to the next level?"

"We're taking it slow. Don't go planning the engagement party just yet."

Other girls Mila's age had so many questions too.

"Have you kissed yet?" asked one girl.

"Does he have any gifts of his own?" asked another.

"Have you met his family yet?" and another.

"Has he shown any signs that he'll propose?"

Mila answered all those questions simply. "Yes, superior intellect is his gift, yes, and no. Like I said, we're taking it slow."

"So, you're the man who's caught my prima Mila's heart, are you?" said Isabela.

"That is correct."

"What are you planning to do with her?" Luisa said, looking rather intimidating. "Break her heart, I'll break you."

That scared Tech off, and he bumped into Pepa, who thundered a bit as she was startled. And Tech fell down as he was startled.

"Oh! Lo siento." said Pepa.

Tech picked himself up and dusted off.

"You must be Mila's aunt Pepa." Tech said, taking and kissing Pepa's hand. "A pleasure, Senora."

"Oh, what a gentleman." Pepa smiled.

Mila looked from afar as Tech got better acquainted with Tia Pepa and Tio Felix, and then he met Julieta and Augustine.

She was so happy with what she was seeing. The party was a big surprise for both of them, but it seemed to be going pretty well so far.

"Tech is getting along the rest of La Familia Madrigal." Mila said. "This going even better than I thought."

However, soon other guys were curious about Tech.

"Milagro Madrigal. You are a very lucky man, Senor Tech." Mariano said. "I have the pleasure of soon marrying my beautiful Dolores, and you have the pleasure of having the most intelligent woman in the Encanto."

"Mila really is something." Tech said. "There just aren't enough words to describe her."

"How'd you get her to go for you, anyway?" asked another man.

"What do you mean?" Tech asked.

"Well, let's face it, most guys with glasses and big brains don't usually attract the prettiest girls easily."

Tech felt like he probably should've been offended by that.

"And just look at Mila. She is... muy caliente."

"Actually, Mila was the one who first crushed on me. To put it simply, she fell down, I caught her, then we looked into each other's eyes, and she fell for me. And later, I fell right back for her."

"Sounds like one of those romance stories Mila babbles on about."

"I wouldn't have suspected I'd fall for anyone for that matter. But Mila proved me wrong."

Another guy was curious about Tech's world.

"So, what do you do as a career?"

"I'm part of an elite squadron of protectors codenamed Clone Force 99, more commonly known as the Bad Batch." Tech explained. "Where positions are concerned, I perform the technical duties. The brains, if you will."

"You got a family?"

"Yes. My squad are my brothers." said Tech. "Wrecker is the muscles, Crosshair is the best shot, Echo assists me in the technical operations, and Hunter is our leader."

"Interesting names." Mariano said. "Your parents must've been created."

"Technically, we didn't have parents growing up."

"So, you were all orphans?"

"Technically we were originally created for serving a higher purpose." Tech said. "All clones were created from a host named Jango Fett, who technically was our 'father,' however all clones were genetically modified for obedience and growth acceleration. My squadron was created with growth acceleration like the regs, as we refer to them, however we were created with desirable... mutations."

The guys all seemed to look at Tech oddly. To be fair, they didn't exactly have the technology for cloning or anything of the sort in their world.

"Understandably, this may all sound strange, seeing as your technology here is not quite as advanced. But it is true."

"So you're a science project?" said one man.

"I may have started out that way, but now that the war is over, all clones have been relieved of such duties and no new clones have been made."

One guy teasingly elbowed another.

"I always thought it would be hard for Mila to find a boyfriend, but I never imagined she'd go as far as to date a science project."

Tech didn't need to be modified with superior intellect to recognize that that was an insult.

"What is that supposed to mean?" Tech asked.

Meanwhile, Mila was talking amongst many guests, and when they asked her about Tech's family, she explained to them the cloning process pretty much the same way Tech did to the guys.

"Wow, you got so desperate, you're actually dating the result of a science experiment?" said one girl.

"If only it were so easy to create boyfriends like that." said another one.

"Tech may be a clone, but he's his own person just like any of us." Mila defended.

"How old is he anyway?"

"Biologically, he's twenty-six. But in regular human years, thirteen."

"So you're dating someone younger than you?" said one woman surprised. "Didn't imagine you'd go that far to stop being set up."

"What's that supposed to mean?" Mila said, looking angry.

"Mila..." said another man. "There's no shame in being single at your age, but-"

"I'm not! Tech really is my boyfriend." Mila said. "I love him, and I don't need my father's gift to see a future with him."

"Still, he was created in a tube and-"

"So what? He had no control over that." Mila said.

"Milagro has never had much luck with guys like us. She rejects every real man who wants to take her out." said one man.

"Perhaps she had good reasons for it." Tech said, still sounding offended.

So far, Tech had heard a lot of comments about how Mila was so desperate to have a boyfriend, she decided she'd literally date what she loved most: science. And because Tech was made through some big, advance science experiment, it seemed Mila decided she loved science so much she'd marry it.

"I wonder if Mila would also wear a lab coat instead of a wedding dress if you ever got married."

"Maybe she'll also have a professional chemist perform the ceremony to show their chemistry." Another man chuckled.

"Just because I wasn't born the same way you were, doesn't make me any less qualified to court Mila." Tech said, offended. "Perhaps you could stand to learn some manners."

"Oh, come on. We were just joking." said one man, playfully punching Tech's shoulder.

"It really does make more sense though. Her luck was so bad here, she had to search another world where the men didn't already know she had too much brains."

That was the last straw for Tech.

"How dare you insult my girlfriend like that!" Tech said, grabbing the man by the front of his shirt.

Tech had never done anything like that before. He might not have been as brawny as Wrecker, but he had strength of his own, especially when it came to protecting his woman's dignity, apparently.

Mila got pretty upset with the others who insulted Tech too, and when she got angry, things started to float.

"How dare you insult Tech like this?!" Mila said angrily. "You think you can come into my house and say things like that about the love of my life?! You've got another thing coming!"

Doors also started to open and shut randomly as Mila's anger grew.

"Whoa, whoa! What is going on here?!" Felix exclaimed, breaking up the fight between Mila and another girl.

Luisa also managed to pull Tech and the man he was fighting apart.

Mila couldn't believe it when she'd realized Tech had been fighting for her too.

Tech looked so ashamed. He escaped Luisa's grasp and ran back to Mirabel's room.

"Tech!" Mila said. But her boyfriend disappeared.

Furious, Mila climbed up the stairs to get everyone's attention.

"You should all be ashamed of yourselves! Tech and I came here to bond with the family, not so people could insult our relationship just because we were conceived differently. Yes, we come from different worlds, and yes Tech's a clone and I was born from a mother and father naturally. But that doesn't mean our love is based on a science experiment! I hope you're proud of yourselves for scaring off the man I love. Chika, come."

Mila and her dog went to Mirabel's room and Mila slammed the door shut.