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The little shot of baby Duane holding baby Mikaila was very fun to do. And then at the end, in case it's not clear, that's the line that Sette cut long ago, knotted whole again. Kinda creepy, I think! No escape.

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Madison

Why are you keeping them, Lady I… also, I was thinking how beautiful a panel that is with baby Miki. Duane is really a Dad at heart….

Rifter

Dad Duane is my favorite Duane. Followed by ass kicking greatest wright in centuries Duane.

Kay

Even creepier with the imagery that it's a knotted umbilical cord and now useless beyond being a tether! Though it doesn't seem like any of them are getting nutrients through those bonds, whole or (k)not

metrocube

very creepy. the plot thickens!

Ben Dennard

Can’t believe I’m feeling nostalgic for a fetus forest. How long has it been since we’ve been here?

Stillpoint

Duane better not think too hard what come at the end of all the incarnations of a perfected Ssaelit soul, waiting for Ssael to remake the world... and waiting... and waiting... and waiting...

Rebecca Spano

the fetus botanical gardens is hands down the most abhorrent thing I've seen in fiction. legitimately disgusting. 100% captured how putrid they are in real life but the umbilical cords take it all the way... that's how meaty and thicc they are, and they're being pulled taut.... so nasty (that last panel is definitely readable. hit me in the gut)

Blue

Duane really wanted to hug that baby. Can't blame him.

Mister Scarecrow

Okay... So these souls are being kept from returning. Waiting for the Gods or Ssael to return? Are they all human? Are they being held out of rebirth for some other purpose? Oh the world is rotten and poor Sessine cannot have her own children. So she hoards however many she can in the Khert and keeps the wars flowing until there aren't any more spiderpaws. And when the Second World goes up in smoke and she and Ssael remake it new, they'll let all the wee babes go to get a fresh start. Or maybe not.

Mister Scarecrow

*remembering the stained glass window from the Ripa's and the legends about the Lady* ARE THEY SICK BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN POISONED BY BIRD MILK?

Kathleen Smith

I'm thinking along the lines of plats... their lifespan is shortened, they have a closer connection to the Khert, and we've never learned how exactly the whole thing works and only in one very specific geographic region. Methinks there are some messed-up shenanigans in play, since the shortened lifespan seems to be wonky (i.e., only applicable to those born in the borders of a certain nation). These fetuses could be how that is done--the plats are trapped in the khert somehow for what would be the duration of their natural lives, and those years are added to someone else. Is this how the longer-lived groups store up their long lives?

Jeremy Ball

It seems Duane has finally made an impact on Sette's vocabulary and diction...

Capsandnumbers

Whole souls in the khert? Usually impossible right? Does that mean memories and all? To be like Duane I think they'd need Weeping Plague to make their souls not come apart. Awesome page!

Rainwalker

Creepy fetus forest in the Khert my beloved <3

Noxae

That knotted umbilical cord! Extra creepy...

Nikaleles

i've been trying to figure out the exact deal with the fetus forest for like 10 years and this seems somehow more fucked up than anything i thought of