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Chapter: Fight and Flight
Location: Lusitania
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5 Panels.
Panel 1: An Angela-like doll, with buttons for eyes, being ripped by several hands.
Angela (off panel): Do you think I enjoy gonig from having extraction aftershocks to being BLIND AND DEAF to brain patterns!?
Filipa (off panel): Girl, i'm blind and deaf to those all the time. No big deal.
Angela: Oh yes, Filipa!! I'm sure it'd be fine if you just suddenly lost one of your senses!! Was it also no big deal when you lost your leg?
Panel 2: Filipa stops Angela's line or argument with a stern look.
Panel 3: Angela realises she steps a boundary and her tears come back.
Panel 4,5: Angela once again jumps into Filipa's arms in an awkward hug. Filipa is confused at first but gently pats Angela's hair.
Filipa: UHH-
Angela: OH MY GOD, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!!!
Panel 1: An Angela-like doll, with buttons for eyes, being ripped by several hands.
Angela (off panel): Do you think I enjoy gonig from having extraction aftershocks to being BLIND AND DEAF to brain patterns!?
Filipa (off panel): Girl, i'm blind and deaf to those all the time. No big deal.
Angela: Oh yes, Filipa!! I'm sure it'd be fine if you just suddenly lost one of your senses!! Was it also no big deal when you lost your leg?
Panel 2: Filipa stops Angela's line or argument with a stern look.
Panel 3: Angela realises she steps a boundary and her tears come back.
Panel 4,5: Angela once again jumps into Filipa's arms in an awkward hug. Filipa is confused at first but gently pats Angela's hair.
Filipa: UHH-
Angela: OH MY GOD, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry!!!
No surprise that the extreme stress of this horrible situation exposes some harsh truths or at least dark thoughts, but even more important is that they still have the empathy to see the other and their respective struggles even so!
Miguel certainly observes their interactions and we can only hope that he and his alien mind understand a little more of the human condition aside from all the fighting and the killing…!
(Another stunning page – great art! 😘)