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Farewell, crow necklace. I will not miss drawing you~Whatever happens, Duane's directly provoked it with his actions. This is what Sessine wanted. But maybe he can still turn it around-!

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Madison

Alright… what’s Duane gonna see when he turns around? Place the bets

Nikaleles

duane in 7th panel is me rn

Ladile

This reads like Duane's had a major realization of something - and it frightens him to his core. Whatever that realization is, I'm sure it's about to become clear to us the readers in the next few pages. But what really gets me is that I think this is the first time we've seen (undead) Duane genuinely afraid. I love the suspense!

CelebrenIthil

Interesting light-up pattern on Sette there...

Blue

DUANE I TOLD YOU TO BE GENTLE ABOUT IT... Love the panic in his face when he realizes what Sette can do. And god daaaaaaaaaaaamn. And him calling out for Lady I. God. Some crazy pages Ash. Holy. Feels like Sette is going to puberty very fast. Some scary shit.

Renee

Even settes hair looks like eels right now

Blue

Duane vs Sette has lived up to my expectations.

T

Whoever said Sette has a hard time "making friends"?

Moss on Trees

Yooo What is happening, Sette you are so cool I feel like we’re about to get some deep lore

Fitzy

Hm. This could be going better.

CD

GodDAMN. The two loneliest people in the world... and the fragile bond between them called into such brutal, existentially confronting question. This hurts! It hurts to have one of the sweetest moments in the series torn to shreds like this! And the atmosphere and the expressions and Sette's increasing monstrousness is all incredible! But also aaaaaaaAAAAAAAA!

Old Coal Soul

"Would you kindly." And damn. This is getting interesting. And terrifying. Ashley, I really commend your ability to play the long game. Catching the subtle foreshadowing on a reread is as satisfying as uncorking a fine wine. I hope to be half the writer you are one day.

Tony Wilkey

Fuck, oof and bravo. 🫣

Stillpoint

Duane realizing he's extra not the protagonist of this story. And most damning for both of them the fear that their affection for each other might have just been her own reflected need for affection all along. Sette wants to be loved for who she is. Not because she's however unconsciously forcing someone to. That's fake. That doesn't count. That *sucks*. Like learning the best friend you had and you loved was just someone your parents were paying to pretend to like you. What if he doesn't like her? What if he NEVER liked her? :C

Kay

This is amazing, I'm blown away right now. I have no idea who flipping willed Duane to make that reveal - was it because Sette told him to be 'true' on the pages prior, when her tendancy before would have willed Duane to accept the amulet and be quiet? I can't just assume it was 'Duane's' desire anymore and ffff, I'm going to be thinking about this for days

SET

So much..hitting all at once.. need to.. decompress :(

Wyvernary

Nonononono Duane can't be a construct, a ghost like Timofey, Duane Adelier is a real boy :< And yet it makes perfect sense.. Bastion always said he was a failure: was it because he was feral and rotten or because in the end he was just another pymaric? I don't have anything more to say except that my mind is thoroughly fucked right now... well done.

Srećko

Duane Adelier, would you kindly, obey.

Rifter

A man chooses. A pymaric obeys... CHOOSE!

T

Times indeed are hard for Sette. He would never be her daddy. The game was rigged for our betailed shart, for her rotten corpse and her broken heart.

Ross Hopkins

And they'z woz getting along so well. ;_;

JarJar

Hmmm... I'm sure this realization has made the both of them think that everything they've had so far has been a lie. But I don't think that's the case at all. Fact is-- the initial reason Duane went on this journey at all was because he had been blackmailed. The foundation has always been sketchy, but they've still managed to build a genuine friendship out of it. We've seen with Sessine and Bastion that having control over someone and having them actually like you is a completely different thing. Even powers like the Etalarche are blatant in how they control you and change you-- while Duane, for better or worse has always been himself. It probably feels up in the air to them now, but yeah even after this reveal-- I'm still convinced that they genuinely like/ care about each other. And that they'll realize that. Anyway yeah, this was great.

The Apprentice

If Duane is just a ghost in the Khert, how is he able to destroy the real physical pymaric?

The Clag

A man chooses, a slave obeys.

Noxae

That is a terrifying set of pages. And the implications! Did Duane say he loves her because she wanted to hear it? Did he say she was human for the same reason? Was it all a liiiieee.

Claire H

I feel like I've been waiting a decade for this and it hurts just as much as ive always hoped. Love you so much Ashley, thank you for being the most consistent and reliable thing in my life for about ~15 years. I'm looking forward to the second half :)

dzefs

BASTION, ch. 7 p. 24: Remember always... he is no man! ME, ch. 7 p. 24: Boo! Boo on Bastion! This black-tongue knucklehead has no idea what he's talking about! He doesn't know the facts of the matter! Booo!!! ME, ch 18. p88: ah,

astine

Just imagine the told-you-so if Quiggly was here right now.

Penny Nicoles

When I saw the vial was a fake I was like “haha that’s funny!" But it’s not funny now. 😬

Stillpoint

FYI to the Patreon only readers these last couple pages are worth checking out on the website - there's background ambience that elevates this to horror.

Madison

Someone mentioned it on /co but I want to say it here too- I hope that they turn this around because the thought of Sette only getting love when it’s manipulated hurts my heart too much

HandsomePenguin

Dear lord my heart cant take much more of this. (in a good way)

acloudwithfeet

It's when you realize just how intelligent Sette is that you come to understand how much pain she truly feels.