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I saw a pretty even spread among readers: half knew what was going on and half were huffing the copium, haha. I had been certain someone would be really mad when Knock impossibly showed back up standing and speaking clearly after Cutter chomped her throat out, but she never really knew what happened. Suddenly she was just back up on the stupid spine. Even at the end, neither really knows what's happening. They're just glad to be home. Thanks, Tail~

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Madison

Knock's love for Ana, the empty silver, the fire, and most importantly- Sette's command. "Knock me down, I order ya to be not dead." Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa God god god god god Our girls in the margins made it home. My heart....

Rifter

Did Knock literally use that silver whip to separate her soul from her body as she died? I'm imagining she did that all on her own purely on instinct. A badass til the end.

GracieV

Legit crying right now. But beautifully done. Thank you for a fitting end.

Judith Bradford

i was scared Anadyne would kill Knock as a final spasm of self-loathing violence-- I'm SO relieved!

Stephanie Aldrich

What a beautiful sendoff. I always hoped they'd get something resembling a happy ending but I couldn't imagine what that could possibly look like. But there it is😭

Ryan Green

I'm glad they got to be together at the end.

Gally

awwwww, they were fucked from the go, poor little lovelies, but hey, there's worse ends than this out there, far worse. Knock changed like the fucking course of history, but to her i'm sure thats not the most important thing she did. yay knock!!!

JarJar

Ahh this is a great feeling. Sad and bitterweet-- but I'm so happy about it. I feel like this is the kind of ending the comic is heading towards.

Ben Dennard

I had a feeling Knock wasn't making it out of this chapter. What a fine ending she had, though.

CD

WAAAW. I had no expectations for Knock's survival - she's too tightly tied to Ana, and there was no way Ana was coming back from all that - but I did not guess she was a ghost already! "I'm just glad I made it home." Thanks I am also deceased now. May your squishes glom together forever.

metrocube

beautifully done Ash. hit me right in the feels

Quinton

I had assumed she was not going to survive that, but definitely did not catch that she was already dead.

Mister Scarecrow

Aye. That's clinched it. Knock is my favorite character.

Duke BG

So I was right the first time. Shouldn't have doubted myself.

Stretch Andrews

The term eucatastrophe, courtesy of Tolkien, comes to mind reading this page. Though it wasn't an avoidance of final doom, it has that feeling of a sudden turn, "giving a fleeting glimpse of Joy, Joy beyond the walls of the world, poignant as grief." Despite all of their suffering they are, at least in their final moments, together.

Spen Cyrrh

Fall trajectory seemed a little severe for such a quick reappearance. I love a gal who knows what she's about.

Cassie

:( I'm so emo :(((

Malik M.L. Williams

I’m crying. Why am I actually, physically crying? Well done.

Srećko

Love this feeling, please stop.

Rainwalker

*a simplified, emotional music-box version of Whip It plays and I cry*

g

oh no it's six am and I'm sobbing

forlornfoe

Sette's command really worked at least a bit... For mere side characters these two went through an amazing arc, both being pivotal in the world-changing events.

Butterfree/Dragonfree/antialiasis

To be a bit more coherent: I think Knock and Ana got the perfect ending to their story at this stage. Ana is already dead, so Knock dying with her was always probably going to be the appropriate sendoff. Knock just being impressed by how Ana tore up the town, Ana realizing Knock is dead and Knock just smiling, the hug, “I’m just glad I made it home”. Home is Ana, they’re together, all is right with the world. I have so many feelings about them. Thank you, Ashley. Always shared your sentiment that often the best thing you can give to a character is a good death.

Renee

Man, Ana did some objectively horrific things, but I hope she was able to find at least some measure of peace. That’s a difficult balance to strike in a character, and I think you pulled it off beautifully. Her complexity bounces off Knock’s whole hearted simplicity really well. It’s only right they went out together

Taerjaga

I for one am ready to see Cutter die now.

Wrestler X

AaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (I'm glad they were together at the end, though)

fdsddfsa

jokes on you this is actually way better than the copium i was huffing

Nikaleles

the panel of knock's meat all over the ground is weirdly jarring and effective. rip u always managed to end things in the most satisfying and appropriate way. i enjoy it very much

HandsomePenguin

*Chef's Kiss* I knew there was another foot that had to drop, and that 5th panel was perfect. Like a shot to the gut, and a perfect end for Knock. Wonderful.

CelebrenIthil

In the end, Ana's last words were... a Knock Knock joke.

CelebrenIthil

(I did buy Knock's silver had gotten hooked to somehow tether her lower down on the kaiju, and that she was running on enough glut fumes that she hadn't quite finished dying. Knowing she actually splattered, but her will did hang on to that strand of silver enough to climb back to Ana is even more hardcore. Love her and will miss her, but a fitting end.)

Dr. Badvibes

at the end, all we can really ask for is a loving hand

Alex Cully

Beautiful. Is a pink ghost a feeling of "bittersweet"?

Josh

I wasn't sure one way or the other but it seemed like he might've like, bit her to the side a bit? I don't know, I can't follow action scenes in comics very well sometimes. But this is great stuff. Poor lil criminal cousin buddies

Alight

I'm suddenly realizing that “Tail” isn’t a derisive nickname in this context, it's a more appropriate title for someone of their region (similar to how Knock's name is an action, “Tail” is a physical object). Though most other characters in the cast, those from different areas with name systems closer to our own, are definitely mocking when they call her that. Does she notice the difference? Is the nickname “Princess” (and her own name's translation) a form of humiliation?

Crownighter

Even though all's well that ends well, that still hurt but at the same time you couldn't help but chuckle. There was a certain comedic timing to that hit to the ground.