Here are a few more photos I took this evening. The color still is duller in the photos, but the general idea is seen. One of our Argentine boas dropped her babies today so most the evening was taken cleaning up that mess (pics coming soon!). Anyway, in what daylight was left I shot these pics. Once again, I don't care if it isn't a pastel. I don't have much riding on it being so. I didn't buy it as such. It just looked to be different from the normals I've come across (in my earlier years as a pet store employee and for a short stint while wholesaling to petstores). I was a bit bummed when I found out they sexed it incorrectly. I thought I'd keep it anyway. If it is a normal, that is fine. If it isn't, I'd like to know. Please provide input (regarding the characters of a pastel) as to why it is or isn't just an exceptional normal. I was going off the faded head and the yellow bleeding through the brown. I could be wrong. I'm not too worried about it as ball pythons are side project and nothing that I plan on pursuing much further than a few preferred morphs. I'm not trying to be a jerk or doubt your opinions. I'd just like to know what is being used to determine one way or the other.