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“Isn’t it?” asked Nicky.

Page 1

Transcription of first panel under cut (the text just didn't look right in the font I picked for the comic)

Part 2

Thoughts below:

Y’all ever draw something and it comes out exactly how you had in your head on the first try? Me neither, but that’s that first Nicky. hi crusader Nicky you are so so gross ❤️

tragedy! (wounded version).

You know how Joe dashes out in front of Nicky at the start of that one fight scene? I doubt that’s a new thing. Maybe this is the first time someone other than Nicky kills him, and Nicky isn’t sure he’ll come back. He’s trying not to cry— not because of some masculine ideal, but because he knows it’ll be massive whole-body sobbing, and he won’t be ready for a second attack while he cries like that.

So he holds Joe and prays— his hand rests on Joe’s chest so he’ll feel it the moment Joe draws breath. Later, when they’re both safe, they’ll cry in one another’s arms for the first time.

What exactly is the vibe here? Unclear, but feel free to tell me! Are they both dead without ever reviving, sharing a very nice tomb in a “there was only one bed” situation (and falling in love as ghosts)?

Did Joe sneak Nicky Content into a window he designed?

Do they own a bunch of gravesites in a ‘dads picking out a burial plot’ kind of way?

Is this just a fancy window in their cottage in Malta (I bet they built that thing how I build in the Sims: all my favorite things, not caring if they match).

Whatever it is, everyone certainly is yearning. (please notice the sun/moon, where Nicky is looking, and that Andy/Quynh weapons are also in this)