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Peter asked about the pen the last time I posted this comic. I'd been using that Tablet pen since 2010, and was never very careful with it, I used it in games that invloved frequent tapping of things, I picked at the rubber, I would idly pull it apart, and one time I even through it at the wall and lost the fastening tip for 5 months.
Anyway that pen was replaced and I'm not going to make the same mistakes with this one.

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This was originally meant to be a chapter break, but I realized the next set of pages will still be more of Light and Dart V Mr. Fuck // Shinji V Dread Preston Roberts // and Ada V Stacie. So I'm not going to do another chapter break till the epilogue chapter.

I'm not sure This conflict was explained coherently, so here's a play by play. Stacie's a bit self delusional/distraught about her motives, and Ada is already so confident that she knows what's going on she seems almost callously apathetic to Stacies plight, making Stacie feel vulnerable and instigated. Ada will eventually make a big Spiel about everything Stacie's been doing wrong, and then Stacie will finally regain the sense of self she lost way back when this whole mess started. , but first they have to punch each other all dramatic like.

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Ada can't help but enjoy this, but deep down she's very angry with the way Stacie's acting.

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Recap pages always take forever, because I hate repeating information, even when I have to (or to restate information so it better fits the next events).

That's Holly in the title panel, I hope she's not upset about Malk.ralk.net closing.