Now that i have one follower (yes, YOU THERE) here exclusively for kill 6 billion demons, i can make a excuse for posting more k6bd stuff. So behold my work in progress- Vigilant Gaze Purges the Horizon + Danagon fusion!
DAY 13: "you weren't supposed to get hurt"
DAY 15: "who did this to you?"
(from Who am I (to disappear))
It makes sense. It makes sense.
Of course of course of course, his brain keeps screaming at him. Of course this would happen! What did you think, you get yourself all blown up and they just got good life and happy and go to college? You should have known that! You should have known better! They didn't even have an ID or any sort of documents. How do you think they got money and food and –
He's chopping, just partly hear Cass talking about their kids.
They have two. They have two fucking kids, and you weren't there.
He's chopping, trying to calm his brain and get his hands to stop shaking and keep the fucking GREEN away because he's not going to be another person thet hurt them.
(He saw it. He saw it in the way they made it clear those kids are wanted, no matter how they got them. In the way they made it very clear they won't let him hurt them. Like they are used to someone hurting them.)
Well, it's not like he got anyone else to blame. He knew how it's going. He knew the girls with kids, and he knew the girls he worked with.
But that's why he did it. That's why he promised to himself they'll never have to do it.
(Just another broken promise. Just another disappointment. What else?)
“They sound like great kids,” he says when the main dish is in the oven. He made extra - enough for five or six dishes, guessing they could use some prepared meals.
“I’m sure you're very proud of them. I can't wait to meet them,” he adds.
He's honest – he can't stop thinking about Purple - a loud toddler, obsessed with the color purple and making her mind very clear. Smiling and loving Waffles.
(He can get her a dress. Girls like dresses, right? Or a doll?)
He thinks about Watcher - a curious baby, looking at the world with big eyes and always get into places. One that refuses to go to bed, but fall asleep in strange positions.
(What babies like? Should he bring him Legos? No, that's for older kids. A pacifier? Plushie? What do you get a baby??)
It's times like these, when Grian refers to snails as molluscs and gastropods, that I remember he has a degree in marine biology. In retrospect this makes the fishing arc funnier I think.
i know ryoko kui is a real one because she wrote 97+ chapters of a manga about fantasy ecosystems and food chains and not once did she write the phrase "survival of the fittest" (it's a bad phrase) (it's a social darwinist phrase even) (hated amongst biologists) (doesn't make sense) (darwin didn't use it) (coined by an business major) (one of the worst phrases in pop science) (no good)
My beautiful koi betta Bisby has had a jumping spider neighbor taking advantage of her tank light to hunt bugs under for some time, and recently they met face to face! Very happy to capture each of them acknowledging the other - and Bisby's quick look back at me as if to say "you're seeing this too right?!" 🧡
Edit ✨️ For all those concerned, yes, she does have a lid! I'd just cleaned and was hanging out right there where I filmed from at my office desk. If you are new to fish keeping, please invest in a good lid or when picking setups, favor tank kits that include one!
I finally (got help) slapping Wordpress into shape and Runaway to the Stars is now releasing as a public webcomic! Thank you so much for your support over the years, and sticking with me while I'm slowly chewing my way through this book. I'm very excited to share this story! It'll be updating every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday thanks to the massive Patreon backlog. Patreon will continue to update as I finish pages, which happens on a sporadic non-schedule.
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