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This is the latest part of the comic, which means the most plot turmoil while I decide what anything of the future is going to look like. It also means weird stuff like new character Johnny who doesn't get a character card because reasons. Page 32's crater got a bit big in its last four panels, but how deep would you expect the crater made by a 6' alien monster falling from space to be? Also, that orb thing is glass. This will be shown later if and when I ever get back to making pages.

This is quite possibly my favorite page I've ever drawn. I have it printed out and hung up in my room (I also submitted this one to an art show). I just love looking at that Mewtwo and going, yep, there is literally nothing I would change about her. If you spend a long time looking at the page, you start to notice that Avi's zinc band (that is what it is, btw (Lory has on a defense scarf and Esther's wearing a special band)) is defying physics and that his ears are asymmetrical, but you can just look at Mewtwo instead. Notice the screwy aura - that's not how it's supposed to be. It is a result of the gaping stomach wound. More consequences next page

Speaker in panel 5 is Avi, btw

Also, I just realized I forgot to explain it in previous pages, but Lory has amnesia in a more realistic way than is usually depicted in PMD. He has absolutely no memories or motor skills - he's basically a baby. This means he doesn't understand language and is incapable of walking. In addition, amnesia as a result of brain damage (which is the kind of amnesia Lory has) usually results in other impairments; in Lory's case, this takes the form of aphasia, which means he can't talk. Ever. This is a play on both his quiet nature and the fact PMD protagonists are the silent variety. It's okay, though, because not only will mr. pika (who is the partner, in case you haven't picked up on it yet) talk enough for both of them, but there will be a number of other characters who will assist Lory with his talking difficulties. Lory will eventually be able to understand language, but he does have to learn it - right now, he's just taking cues from pika's actions directing him towards movement. All of this will be explained later but in much less detail.

Fourth, the pikachu's shadows in panel 5 are not deep enough.

I realize now that I never made it clear whether Alex and Elysia went with these three. It doesn't matter though.