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Setting: Calypso's house as a child - somewhere in the southwest
Landon: I'm sorry buddy...
Voice from inside the house: HEY!
Voice from inside the house: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!!
Voice from inside the house: I TOLD YOU TO PLAY OUTSIDE!!
Action: Calypso and Landon running away from the house
Man in house: Stupid bitch.
Action: Calypso arranging a grass bed in the shoebox for the bird.
Calypso: C'mon sweetie, you have to drink something...
Landon: I'm sorry buddy...
Voice from inside the house: HEY!
Voice from inside the house: WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?!!
Voice from inside the house: I TOLD YOU TO PLAY OUTSIDE!!
Action: Calypso and Landon running away from the house
Man in house: Stupid bitch.
Action: Calypso arranging a grass bed in the shoebox for the bird.
Calypso: C'mon sweetie, you have to drink something...
Wow, we see a dark past for Calypso, and a compassionate nature from Landon. Really liking this flash back.
Thanks T! I was bit worried about how readers would react to the darker turn as of late.
Sometimes the darker turns in a strip help to flesh out the characters and show where their current mindset comes from. This also gives us a bit more of that connection that Landon and Calypso have together. For fans of the strip and your characters this is a really revealing and welcomed walk in the past. Really makes me have a bit more compassion for Calypso.
It’s world building. I love it.
I imagine that her dad is listening to this on repeat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnatOfv22f0