I was thinking that the one on the left was the Court Jester who got some sort of signal that it was time for him to be amusing but he needed help to remember what funny thing he was going to say. Too bad the strip today was not funny.
Lodestar can be: the North Star Polaris, used for navigation or as a reference position in astronomy or; something that somebody uses as a model or principle to guide behavior
BTW – Adults look it up so how is a child supposed to know?
I was thinking that the one on the left was the Court Jester who got some sort of signal that it was time for him to be amusing but he needed help to remember what funny thing he was going to say. Too bad the strip today was not funny.