Endtown by Aaron Neathery for June 21, 2017

“Yeah…, but Walt, is this living?”

She looks into his eyes……..as she falls back. Her eyes filled with where she was……not where she is going. I hope I am so wrong.

Do they have atmospheric wind machines in Endtown?

Sometime life doesn’t hold much hope, except more trouble, weary, tired, why keep on trying? and they blame Me for it. and they hate me and my kind. Well, do I let them win? If I die then I’m the one in control!But if I die, I’m the one who gave up and I’ve let them win cause they want to see me give up. They will call me a chicken loser.Will I give them that Ultimate Sacrifice??No! I won’t let them—-Win. Ok Walt, if I can go home with you and the pig.So He grabs her in a bear hug, what other can he do? And weeps a tear of relief.

Another “catch 22”: Assuming Heather killed that wolf, and we have no reason to believe she didn’t, assuming she is of sound mind, and if she comes down, then she probably is, a new problem: Coming down means submitting herself to a jury trial in which we can reasonably presume she would be found guilty. And if they have the death penalty in Endtown, to me, the question is: Why come down in the first place?

“Just step back from the edge and take my hand so the nice policeman here can charge you with murder…”

You can escape your past. You can escape your present. But, you can’t escape the wolves.

Methinks she needs assurance that he won’t feed her to the wolves.

Literally… and figuratively.

One whopper of a cliff hanger coming up Friday, methinks.

Note the small detail of the ceiling lighting panels, apparent only because they have been added in the toning process of the artwork. Good work, Mr Neathery.

So Heather Hoss was there when it all went south…I wonder if she was there at the Pep Cola Stadium incident…

At least she’s listening to him.

“… suicide is painless

It brings on many changes

And I can take or leave it if I please.

… and you can do the same thing if you please.”

Her fear may not just be of wolves, but of predator types in general. And there’s a bear coming after her. A bear she might have heard has ripped a person’s throat out and ate it.

There has been discussion whether or not mutants inherit behavior from their new genotype. Walt’s instinctual ripping out and eating a man’s throat should put that discussion to bed.