Kale (narrating): My job started with easy, reasonable tasks. Northwind told me — and apparently this part was true — that patients respond better to treatment when they feel calm and optimistic.
I could make that happen. In some of the darkest times in people’s lives, I was a ray of sunshine.
They started nicknaming me the Sun Mage.
From there, they had me branch out, little by little. Explained every new step in a way that made sense.
All while giving me everything I ever needed — for years I’d been terrified of getting caught doing magic, now I was being loved for it — We’d been barely scraping by on basic income and standard healthcare, and now I could pay for just about anything —
I couldn’t save my sister, in the end — she overdosed before I could get to her. But at least I could take care of . . . Calyx. Their name was Calyx.
Kudzu (flashback): Don’t be scared of the treatment!
Keep up that energy through your whole 20-hour shift!
Northwind Prismaceuticals will be better than any of these other options you’re looking at!
After that amazing presentation, how can you not invest in us?
You can help by voting to give us that tax exemption!
We’re not going to diversify from med crystals, so just forget about comparative research on other treatments, okay?
Calyx: Can I really get the bunny, Uncle Kudzu?
Kudzu: Yes! It’s what your mom would’ve wanted.
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…Okay I’d normally be ready to launch off after reading something like this, but I just noticed the rabbit has wings and feathers.
I completely missed the wings.
and there’s D10’s Husband’s ‘in’ with Kudzu. Taking care of the nibling’s rabbit.
I think I missed something… Have you developed a theory about the Kolpovision party or something? Why does D10’s husband need an “in” with Kale?
An “in” relating to his investigation. The rabbit was the “in”, how he got “in” with Kudzu. Developing the relationship, investigating who he was, what his connection with Northwind was. Nothing to do with the party, everything to do with what happened when Kudzu snapped.
Oh right, the reuse of panels.
Flyboy, can you recomend a good Dropkick Murphys (or similar) song for the revelation that the employees shifts’ can make up as much as three-quarters of their day?
Ask, and ye shall receive.
I’m failing to insert a YouTube link but you can search on “Bring Back the Eight Hour Day Charlie King” for the folksong perspective.
This?
That’s the one (from 1995), how to insert videos into my comment? TIA.
I hope that the 20 hour shift is not every day but something like when someone is doing 12 hour shift one day and have next day free.
Sonheimic bosses? I call bullshit.
Their name “was” Calyx.
Oh. I see.
Sure isn’t looking great, nope.
Alternatively, they took the kid into custody and changed their name. Same thing as probably would happen to the child of a serial killer or major criminal or terrorist.
Definitely possible, but I’m putting my money on the past tense verb being related to Kudzu’s breaking point in some way.
“Was” is never fun to hear when being used to describe someone of importance, no.
Not exactly my favorite verb to describe a child. Oof. Big oof.
Using that bilingual Sonska/Ceannic fluency to its full potential, I see.
Does anyone see the doctor in the bottom left being stopped from comparative research? That’s the person who did the whole testimony thing.
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