#southerngothic

(Author's Notes)

Panel 1: Spring has arrived. They put the finishing touches on a little chicken coop.

Panel 2: They plant the promised kitchen garden, including a strawberry patch, over which Imogen is very attentive. Laudna happily introduces a bucket of worms to the soil.

Panel 3: They hang laundry to dry in the breeze.

Panel 4: Imogen, painting a piece of furniture in the yard, tries to summon a smile as Laudna, covered in dirt, proudly shows her an intact animal skull she found in the woods.