Issue 25, Page 29
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1: The girls get their hands up.
Lea: Whoa, whoa-whoa…
Zara: Easy now…
Tullus: Quiet.
2: Tullus keeps his gun trained on the girls.
Tullus: I knew you two were up to no good the moment I arrived.
Young girls from Cairo, showing up at the same time…
Lea: Gods, why do you have a gun, this is a temple!
3: Lea takes a tiny step forward, still keeping her hands in view. Behind her, Zara has moved her hands closer together above her head.
Lea: Mr. Triarius, please… We’re not here to cause trouble, I swear.
Tullus: Stay still.
Lea: We’re still. We’re good. Just don’t do anything rash, okay? We can talk this out.
4: Zara’s hands together, she unlatches something near the wrist under her sleeve.
5: She swiftly moves her arm down revealing a small, discrete gun of her own.
6: Lea backs up further as Tullus aims his gun at Zara.
Tullus: Whoa, now. Careful.
Lea: Mel! Why do you have a gun? Why does everyone have guns?!
This is a lot more comedic than I expected, and I am here for it!
Why does Mel have a gun? Easy, practicality. Never hurts to have an emergency weapon for situations like this.
… It says something that Julia being *surprised* is very, very telling of just HOW MUCH things have truly changed… for the better and the worse simultaneously.
You’re an infiltrating agent. Why don’t YOU have a gun?
She’s the kind of infiltrating agent who might not NEED a gun …
(And someone noticing it by happenstance does quite a number on your cover.)
Given the history of LITERALLY EVERYTHING THAT HAS HAPPENED up until now, it would be extremely bizarre if A) Mel did not have a gun,
And B) she wasn’t overwhelmingly the most dangerous person in the room at the moment.
And yet I am still consern.