Looks like Jane's realself was thrown twenty feet across the yard. You'd expect her to have taken at least a little damage from the impact - I suppose she healed herself off-panel.
I have been waiting for you, little kitty.
So, the Scratched First Guardian is a cat. Jaspers feels like the most likely genetic donor here - and, just like Becquerel, the only difference between this Guardian and its probable parent is a pair of long, devilish ears.
With this reveal, we appear to have avoided the worst-case-scenario regarding the identity of the new Guardian. I was worried that Doc Scratch was going to inject his own genetic code into Bec's successor, corrupting it into another omniscient servant of Lord English - but if this Guardian really is derived from an ordinary cat, then it doesn't posses the capacity to be omniscient. Even if there is some HONK code in its makeup, it won't be a Doc Scratch-level chessmaster, which drastically reduces its threat estimate.
Like Bec, this kitty is probably a creature of instinct - although since it's going to have a cat's personality, rather than a dog's, its behavior might be substantially different. This one won't be loyal to Jade - or Jake, for that matter - but if I'm right about its parentage, it might harbor some affection for the Lalondes.
Oh. It's the GOD CAT again. You guess that explains it.
Interesting that it turns off the First Guardian lightning as soon as Jane turns around. Maybe this thing's more crafty than I'm giving it credit for.
Is it posing as an ordinary animal? I'm not sure what purpose that would serve, but it does seem to be what's going on here...
You guess you should feel grateful toward him for saving your life, but you know he's just as likely to rescue you from an explosion as he is to randomly teleport you across town […]
Oh. Apparently not, then.
Wait, so Jane knows about the God Cat's powers, and she still doesn't believe what her friends are trying to tell her? I know she hasn't been confronted with ''empirical evidence'' that Betty is the Condesce, but this cat's behavior should be an obvious sign that there's something weird going on behind the scenes.
Girl, how many different levels of denial are you in?
We've seen this shot before...
...and it tends to bode poorly for anyone involved.
You're pretty sure he doesn't have a name. You and your friends just call him the GCat for lack of anything else to call him. Everybody has opinions, but nobody can agree on a good name. You think he probably doesn't want a name. He's just a feisty stray who likes to meddle with your life, then vanish for weeks at a time.
"Just a feisty stray" my ass.
Sure, Crocker. You just keep telling yourself that.
