Issue 18, Page 10
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1: Melissa seems to be calming down from her mild outburst, paying attention to the road.
2: Eric looks away, distracting himself out the window.
Eric: Um… Have you been seeing much of Rhoda?
Melissa (off-panel): Hm? Ah, yeah… yeah, we’ve been talking more. She’s been helping out a lot with the group and with getting Kas back here.
3: Melissa has a half smile, though she looks uncomfortable with the question.
Eric (off-panel): …The real Kas this time?
Melissa laughs nervously: Eheh….
4: The car reaches the driveway of their small home, pulling up toward the garage.
5: Melissa gets out of her door. Eric is watching her.
Eric: Say hi to the King family for me, okay? Tell Mrs. King to poke me online some time?
Melissa: I will.
Eric: And, please, take a some time to breathe… for me?
Melissa: Mhmm…
I do love the little bits of emotion you can see through her stoicity (the slight muzzle wrinkles, the forced smile). She’s repressing so much just to keep everything afloat; it’ll be interesting to see what she’ll do when all that comes to a head.
That [might] be a sign of hope!
Mel’s Dad said, “have you been seeing a lot of Julia”, + not- HAD you been seeing a lot of Julia.
Her Dad’s saying, HAVE you been seeing her, might mean that Julia still exists. Hm.
Oops. My gaff. He talked about [seeing Rhoda], + not about [seeing Julia].
Oh well.
It said in the last issue that her family is asking “when she’ll be out of the hospital”.
Sure thing..
But, in a lot of spy novels- “She, he or they…are in the hospital”, is sort-of-slang for: “she’s actually dead, but lie, and say to people that she’s still alive”. *shrugs*