Future Thorn (thinking): I’m in an actual Hedge & Grassie studio. During a recording session. This is definitely not where — or when — I was trying to end up.
Hedge: Hey, you . . . scary fellow. Haven’t seen you around before.
Thorn: Oh — I’m new. New at the studio, I mean. I’ve been working security jobs for a while.
In fact . . . you could say I’ve been doing it since before I was born.
Hedge: You aren’t by any chance related to my wife, are you?
Thorn: Not as far as I know, no.
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Firsty first first!
Thorn’s joke was dad grade… is Future thorn a dad?
No, dad jokes are radio-grade
It’s mostly the joke of someone who’s a lifelong Hedge & Grassie fan.
(…but yes, the other thing too.)
Oh Deus. Grassie is going to notice Future!Thorn from some weird old photograph or something from a past(or future) op, isn’t she. it’s just the kind of obscure history she’d know perfectly, and then there’s the potential for timetipping incidents being noticed by her.
five minutes in and Thorn’s hamming it up for the invisible camera. This is going to be an utter trainwreck. I love it.
I mean, those are the kinds of jokes I’d crack if I were a time traveler.
So I may be a couple years too late to point this out, but… are Hedge’s clothes supposed to change colors between panels 2 and 4? Her shirt and vest swapped.
Whoops, they were not. Fixed, thanks!
(The book is literally going to print within a few weeks, so you’re just in time!)
With Thorn’s comment, I’m surprised Hedge didn’t assume it was a joke about being a long runner!
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